AMD Radeon RX 7900M vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900M 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 7900M

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 335 Watt

Launch date	19 Oct 2023 vs 10 May 2022
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 335 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 2090 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 739.2 GTexel/s vs 601.9 GTexel/s
Around 11% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4608
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1047 vs 945
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28130 vs 23273
Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174317 vs 118813

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	2310 MHz vs 2090 MHz
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s vs 601.9 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 4608
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1047 vs 945
PassMark - G3D Mark	28130 vs 23273
Geekbench - OpenCL	174317 vs 118813

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

945

1047

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

23273

28130

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

118813

174317

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	945	1047
PassMark - G3D Mark	23273	28130
Geekbench - OpenCL	118813	174317
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4233

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 31	Navi 21
Launch date	19 Oct 2023	10 May 2022
Place in performance rating	34	33
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2090 MHz	2310 MHz
Compute units	72	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1860 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	4608	5120
Pixel fill rate	267.5 GPixel/s	295.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s	739.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 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	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Height		50 mm, 2 inches
Length		267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		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