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Radeon RX 6950 XT vs Intel Arc A770 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 6950 XT is ahead of the Intel Arc A770 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 42% to 110%, including 110% in PassMark G3D Mark (28,085 vs 13,347). On qwen2.5:14b, the Intel Arc A770 generates 21.4 tokens/s (per Local AI Master) against 3.3 for the Radeon RX 6950 XT (per LocalScore.ai), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6950 XT and the Intel Arc A770. Both released in 2022. MSRP range: $1,099 · $349. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 6950 XTIntel Arc A770
vram gb 1616
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —225

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Tom's Hardware, PC Unboxing, WCCFtech / 3DMark, 3DMark, HWBOT Community Forums, UL Benchmarks, AlkTech, TechPowerUp, The FPS Review, Digital Trends and Guru3D; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 6950 XTIntel Arc A770
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 28,900 pts—
3DMark Fire Strike (GPU subscore) (higher is better)
Source: PC Unboxing		 —33,666 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics Score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFtech / 3DMark		 61,950 points—
3DMark Fire Strike (Overall Score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFtech / 3DMark		 43,823 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (GPU subscore) (higher is better)
Source: PC Unboxing		 —15,638 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 16,355 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (GPU subscore) (higher is better)
Source: PC Unboxing		 —7,016 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT Community Forums, 3DMark, PC Unboxing, WCCFtech / 3DMark		 10,824 points8,731 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 4,394 points2,531 points
3DMark Speed Way Stress Test (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —2,531 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 4,215 points2,969 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: AlkTech, TechPowerUp, The FPS Review, 3DMark, Digital Trends, Guru3D		 17,050 points14,012 points

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 6950 XT

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Intel Arc A770

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6950 XT or the Intel Arc A770?

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is ahead of the Intel Arc A770 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 42% to 110%, including 110% in PassMark G3D Mark (28,085 vs 13,347).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the Intel Arc A770 generates 21.4 tokens/s (per Local AI Master) against 3.3 for the Radeon RX 6950 XT (per LocalScore.ai), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6950 XT and the Intel Arc A770 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6950 XT launched at a $1,099 MSRP and the Intel Arc A770 at $349. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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