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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1149
1044
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
24222
28149
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
139979
174045
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
20103
21442
Name AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
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

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 21 20

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