I see your point. However, if you look at your tests here from your 4070Ti review using the same games plus Plague Tail:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-ti-review-a-costly-70-class-gpu/6
The 6950XT is still a bit behind the 4080, 7900xt, and 7900XTX at 1080 medium...