AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 739.2 GTexel/s vs 625.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 335 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 27 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Boost clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s vs 625.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	335 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

2.1x more pipelines: 10752 vs 5120
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1229 vs 1044
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29654 vs 28149
Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 22090 vs 21442
Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 205057 vs 174045

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	10752 vs 5120
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1229 vs 1044
PassMark - G3D Mark	29654 vs 28149
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	22090 vs 21442
Geekbench - OpenCL	205057 vs 174045

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1044

1229

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28149

29654

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

21442

22090

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

174045

205057

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	1044	1229
PassMark - G3D Mark	28149	29654
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	21442	22090
Geekbench - OpenCL	174045	205057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		259.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		63.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		177.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3026.082

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 21	GA102
Launch date	10 May 2022	27 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	20	23
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2310 MHz	1860 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1860 MHz	1560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,478 GFLOPS (1:16)	625.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	47.31 TFLOPS (2:1)	40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	10752
Pixel fill rate	295.7 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	335 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	Triple-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	120 mm, 4.7 inches	140 mm, 5.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X