AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 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.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 260 Watt vs 335 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1142 vs 1035
Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 22144 vs 21428

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 Jul 2023 vs 10 May 2022
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt vs 335 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1142 vs 1035
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	22144 vs 21428

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 2245 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 739.2 GTexel/s vs 718.4 GTexel/s
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28339 vs 26454
Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 170357 vs 162178

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2310 MHz vs 2245 MHz
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s vs 718.4 GTexel/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	28339 vs 26454
Geekbench - OpenCL	170357 vs 162178

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1142

1035

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26454

28339

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

162178

170357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

22144

21428

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1142	1035
PassMark - G3D Mark	26454	28339
Geekbench - OpenCL	162178	170357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	22144	21428

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 31	Navi 21
Launch date	27 Jul 2023	10 May 2022
Place in performance rating	20	21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2245 MHz	2310 MHz
Compute units	80	80
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1860 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	5120	5120
Pixel fill rate	431.0 GPixel/s	295.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	718.4 GTexel/s	739.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt	335 Watt
Transistor count	57700 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, 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)	600 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 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	576.0 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6