Radeon RX 6950 XT Overview
Summary
Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.
The Radeon RX 6950 XT is a graphics card released by AMD on 10 May 2022. The graphics card houses the Navi 21 die, based on the AMD_RDNA_2_0 architecture which packs 26,800 million transistors on a 7 nm, 520 mm2 die.
Radeon RX 6950 XT pros and cons |
| 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) |
Compared to similar performing cards
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| Radeon RX 6950 XT | GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB | GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
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| Shader units | 5120 | 9728 | 10752 | 8960 | 10240 |
| ROPs | 128 | 112 | 112 | 96 | 112 |
| Graphics processor | Navi 21 | AD103 | GA102 | GA102 | GA102 |
| Process size | 7 nm | 4 nm | 8 nm | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Memory | 16384 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective) | 16384 Mb GDDR6X (1437 MHz
23 Gbps effective) | 24576 Mb GDDR6X (1313 MHz
21 Gbps effective) | 12288 Mb GDDR6X (1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective) | 12288 Mb GDDR6X (1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective) |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.00 Gb/s | 735.70 Gb/s | 1008.00 Gb/s | 912.40 Gb/s | 912.40 Gb/s |
| Release date | 10 May 2022 | 20 Sep 2022 | 27 Jan 2022 | 11 Jan 2022 | 31 May 2021 |
Hitman III
GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
348
Radeon RX 6950 XT
323
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
308
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
250
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
247
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman III
GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
292
Radeon RX 6950 XT
252
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
236
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
214
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
211
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman III
GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
180
Radeon RX 6950 XT
148
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
141
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
125
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
118
FPS (higher is better)