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).

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

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: 1192 vs 1035
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28825 vs 28339
Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 26644 vs 21428

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	1192 vs 1035
PassMark - G3D Mark	28825 vs 28339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	26644 vs 21428

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	170357 vs 169687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1192

1035

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28825

28339

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

26644

21428

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

169687

170357

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1192	1035
PassMark - G3D Mark	28825	28339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	26644	21428
Geekbench - OpenCL	169687	170357
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
Essentials
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	19	21
Technical info
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
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
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
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
Vulkan
Memory
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