During the crypto-mining GPU shortage of 2021-22, the Radeon RX 6900 XT and RX 6950 XT were sold for over $2,000 due to scalping. However, now you can purchase one for as low as $600 on Newegg. The ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT Phantom Gaming OC is currently available on U.S. retailer Newegg.com for $630, but with a coupon code, you can save $30, bringing the price down to $600, which is the same as the MSRP of the recently announced NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 "Ada."
Our testing has shown that the RTX 4070 performs similarly to the previous-generation RTX 3080 and the Radeon RX 6800 XT. At 1440p, the RX 6900 XT is about 6% faster than the RTX 4070 (averaged over our test suite), and the RX 6950 XT from our older reviews is about 6-7% faster than the RX 6900 XT at 1440p. However, this is only for raster 3D graphics, which make up the majority of gaming graphics. When it comes to ray tracing performance, the RX 6950 XT is closer to the RTX 3070 Ti, which is about 23% slower than the RTX 4070. The RTX 4070 is a more efficient GPU and also offers next-gen features such as DLSS 3 Frame Generation.
