AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6950 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
- Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 2394 MHz vs 2310 MHz
- Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 804.4 GTexel/s vs 739.2 GTexel/s
- Around 5% higher pipelines: 5376 vs 5120
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
- Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 335 Watt
- Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 16 GB
- Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
- Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1181 vs 1031
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28858 vs 28156
- Around 26% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 27044 vs 21420
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 Nov 2022 vs 10 May 2022 |
Boost clock speed | 2394 MHz vs 2310 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 804.4 GTexel/s vs 739.2 GTexel/s |
Pipelines | 5376 vs 5120 |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm vs 7 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt vs 335 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 20 GB vs 16 GB |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 1181 vs 1031 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 28858 vs 28156 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 27044 vs 21420 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
- Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1500 MHz
- Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 172276 vs 169681
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1860 MHz vs 1500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 172276 vs 169681 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 1181 | 1031 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 28858 | 28156 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 27044 | 21420 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 169681 | 172276 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 343.519 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 12483.531 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 60.185 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 320.733 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2714.187 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
Code name | Navi 31 | Navi 21 |
Launch date | 3 Nov 2022 | 10 May 2022 |
Place in performance rating | 17 | 19 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 2394 MHz | 2310 MHz |
Compute units | 84 | 80 |
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1860 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 7 nm |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 3.218 TFLOPS (1:16) | 1,478 GFLOPS (1:16) |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 103.0 TFLOPS (2:1) | 47.31 TFLOPS (2:1) |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 51.48 TFLOPS | 23.65 TFLOPS |
Pipelines | 5376 | 5120 |
Pixel fill rate | 459.6 GPixel/s | 295.7 GPixel/s |
Texture fill rate | 804.4 GTexel/s | 739.2 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 335 Watt |
Transistor count | 57700 million | 26800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Dual-slot | Triple-slot |
Height | 51 mm, 2 inches | 50 mm, 2 inches |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Length | 276 mm, 10.9 inches | 267 mm, 10.5 inches |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 700 Watt | 700 Watt |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
Width | 135 mm, 5.3 inches | 120 mm, 4.7 inches |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 20 GB | 16 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 800.0 GB/s | 576.0 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 320 bit | 256 bit |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |