Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Radeon RX 7800 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 7800 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2022
Radeon RX 6950 XT

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7800 XT

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6950 XT

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)

Radeon RX 7800 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 7800 XT

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6950 XT
GPU NameNavi 32 (Navi 32 XT)vsNavi 21 (Navi 21 KXTX (215-121000289))
Fab Process5 nmvs7 nm
Die Size346 mm²vs520 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs26,800 million
Shaders3840vs5120
Raytracing Cores60vs80
Compute Units60vs80
Core clock1800 MHzvs1925 MHz
ROPs128vs128
TMUs240vs320

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6950 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory Size16384 Mbvs16384 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6950 XT
TDP300 wattsvs335 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs10 May 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    358.40 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    297.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    672.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    743.70 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    576.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    576.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    43010.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    23800.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better