AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 7800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 2310 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 263 Watt vs 335 Watt
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1160 vs 1052

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 10 May 2022
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt vs 335 Watt
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1160 vs 1052

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 739.2 GTexel/s vs 583.2 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3840
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28142 vs 24204
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174551 vs 140004
Around 2% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4232 vs 4156

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s vs 583.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3840
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	28142 vs 24204
Geekbench - OpenCL	174551 vs 140004
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4232 vs 4156

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1160

1052

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24204

28142

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140004

174551

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4156

4232

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1160	1052
PassMark - G3D Mark	24204	28142
Geekbench - OpenCL	140004	174551
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4156	4232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 32	Navi 21
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	10 May 2022
Place in performance rating	24	33
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	2310 MHz
Compute units	60	80
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	1860 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	3840	5120
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s	295.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	739.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt	335 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	26800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,478 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		47.31 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		23.65 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	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)	600 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm, 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6