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).
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: 1149 vs 1044
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 | 1149 vs 1044 |
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: 28149 vs 24222
- Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174045 vs 139979
- Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 21442 vs 20103
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 | 28149 vs 24222 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 174045 vs 139979 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 21442 vs 20103 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 1149 | 1044 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 24222 | 28149 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 139979 | 174045 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 20103 | 21442 |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 21 | 20 |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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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 |
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Memory |
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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 |