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 4070 Ti | Radeon RX 7900 XT | GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB | GeForce RTX 3090 Ti |
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| | compare | compare | compare | compare |
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| Shader units | 5120 | 7680 | 12288 | 9728 | 10752 |
| ROPs | 128 | 80 | 256 | 112 | 112 |
| Graphics processor | Navi 21 | AD104 | Navi 31 | AD103 | GA102 |
| Process size | 7 nm | 4 nm | 5 nm | 4 nm | 8 nm |
| Memory | 16384 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 width | 256 bit | 192 bit | 384 bit | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.00 Gb/s | 504.20 Gb/s | 864.00 Gb/s | 735.70 Gb/s | 1008.00 Gb/s |
| Release date | 10 May 2022 | 3 Jan 2023 | 3 Nov 2022 | 20 Sep 2022 | 27 Jan 2022 |
Hitman III
Radeon RX 7900 XT
380
GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
348
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
332
Radeon RX 6950 XT
323
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
308
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman III
Radeon RX 7900 XT
303
GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
292
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
264
Radeon RX 6950 XT
252
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
236
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman III
Radeon RX 7900 XT
180
GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
180
Radeon RX 6950 XT
148
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
145
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
141
FPS (higher is better)