AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 739.2 GTexel/s vs 648.0 GTexel/s
Around 11% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4608
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1054 vs 1025
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28097 vs 25004
Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4235 vs 3689
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174868 vs 154220

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	2310 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s vs 648.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 4608
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1054 vs 1025
PassMark - G3D Mark	28097 vs 25004
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4235 vs 3689
Geekbench - OpenCL	174868 vs 154220

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 335 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 335 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1054

1025

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28097

25004

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4235

3689

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

174868

154220

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1054	1025
PassMark - G3D Mark	28097	25004
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4235	3689
Geekbench - OpenCL	174868	154220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3374

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 21	Navi 21
Launch date	10 May 2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	37	71
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2310 MHz	2250 MHz
Compute units	80	72
Core clock speed	1860 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,478 GFLOPS (1:16)	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	47.31 TFLOPS (2:1)	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	4608
Pixel fill rate	295.7 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	335 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	120 mm, 4.7 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6