Radeon RX 6950 XT Overview

Radeon RX 6950 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2022
Radeon RX 6950 XT

Core Configuration

GPU Navi 21
Architecture AMD_RDNA_2_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 5120 : 320 : 128
Raytracing Cores 80
Performance 23800.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 16384 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory Bandwidth 576.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    136%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    127%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    117%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    113%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    100%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    96%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    90%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    87%
  • GeForce RTX 4070
    84%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    82%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    81%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    81%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    76%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    73%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    69%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    65%
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    61%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    60%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    60%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    56%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    55%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    51%
  • Radeon RX 7600
    50%
  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    49%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    47%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    47%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    46%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    45%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    45%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    43%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    42%
  • Radeon VII
    42%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    42%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    39%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    39%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    36%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    36%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    35%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    34%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    33%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    32%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    31%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    30%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    27%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    27%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    26%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    25%
  • Radeon RX 590
    24%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    24%
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    24%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    24%
  • Radeon RX 580
    22%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    20%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    20%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    20%
  • Radeon RX 480
    20%
  • Radeon RX 570
    20%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    20%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    19%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    18%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    18%
  • Radeon RX 470
    18%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    17%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    15%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    15%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    12%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    10%

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)



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon RX 6950 XTGeForce RTX 4070 TiRadeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 4080 16 GBGeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Radeon RX 6950 XTGeForce RTX 4070 TiRadeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 4080 16 GBGeForce RTX 3090 Ti
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Shader units5120768012288972810752
ROPs12880256112112
Graphics processorNavi 21AD104Navi 31AD103GA102
Process size7 nm4 nm5 nm4 nm8 nm
Memory16384 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)
12288 Mb GDDR6X (1313 MHz
21 Gbps effective)
24576 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)
16384 Mb GDDR6X (1437 MHz
23 Gbps effective)
24576 Mb GDDR6X (1313 MHz
21 Gbps effective)
Memory bus width256 bit192 bit384 bit256 bit384 bit
Memory bandwidth576.00 Gb/s504.20 Gb/s864.00 Gb/s735.70 Gb/s1008.00 Gb/s
Release date10 May 20223 Jan 20233 Nov 202220 Sep 202227 Jan 2022

Benchmarks

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    409
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    394
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    349
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    348
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    333

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    306
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    291
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    249
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    248
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    236

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    172
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    172
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    144
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    142
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    138

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    203
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    197
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    192
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    179
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    133

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    154
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    151
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    137
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    132
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    112

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    102
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    98
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    81
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    78
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    72

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    315
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    289
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    276
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    273
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    255

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    245
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    208
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    199
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    197
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    188

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    134
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    114
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    113
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    103
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    99

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    188
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    182
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    179
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    176
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    175

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    172
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    169
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    154
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    148
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    144

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    108
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    105
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    92
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    89
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    86

FPS (higher is better)