Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6900 XT |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary |
| 75 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 6900 XT . |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6900 XT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | | Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary | |
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| GPU Name | Navi 21 (Navi 21 XTX) | vs | Navi 10 (Navi 10 XT) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 7 nm |
| Die Size | 536 mm² | vs | 254 mm² |
| Transistors | 26,800 million | vs | unknown |
| Shaders | 5120 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 80 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 1825 MHz | vs | 1680 MHz |
| ROPs | 128 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 320 | vs | 256 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | | Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary | |
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| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective | vs | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 16384 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | | Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary | |
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| TDP | 300 watts | vs | 225 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Oct 2020 | vs | 7 Jul 2019 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better