Radeon RX 6950 XT vs GeForce GTX 690

Place in performance ranking	335	13
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.99	22.72
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GK104	Navi
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 May 2012 (12 years ago)	10 May 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$1,099
Current price	$411 (0.4x MSRP)	$961 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6950 XT has 1042% better value for money than GTX 690.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	5120
CUDA cores	3072	no data
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1925 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	2324 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	335 Watt
Texture fill rate	234 billion/sec	743.7
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	2x 8-pin
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	16 GB
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	Yes (via dongle)	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 690 14.43

RX 6950 XT 73.27
+408%

Radeon RX 6950 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 408% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 690 5571

RX 6950 XT 28297
+408%

Radeon RX 6950 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 408% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 690 13160

RX 6950 XT 59882
+355%

Radeon RX 6950 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 355% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	40−45 −435%	214 +435%
1440p	24−27 −463%	135 +463%
4K	16−18 −438%	86 +438%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33
−437%

161

+437%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −452%	110−120 +452%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −438%	120−130 +438%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −422%	230−240 +422%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −471%	120−130 +471%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −430%	143 +430%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −462%	110−120 +462%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −417%	180−190 +417%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −465%	220−230 +465%
Hitman 3	24−27 −413%	120−130 +413%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −429%	450 +429%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −437%	140−150 +437%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −417%	120−130 +417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95−100 −426%	500 +426%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −442%	130 +442%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −452%	110−120 +452%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −438%	120−130 +438%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −422%	230−240 +422%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −471%	120−130 +471%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −433%	128 +433%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −462%	110−120 +462%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −417%	180−190 +417%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −465%	220−230 +465%
Hitman 3	24−27 −413%	120−130 +413%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −417%	300−350 +417%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −429%	74 +429%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −417%	120−130 +417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 −420%	442 +420%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70−75 −437%	376 +437%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −411%	130−140 +411%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −452%	110−120 +452%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −438%	120−130 +438%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −471%	120−130 +471%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −408%	122 +408%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −462%	110−120 +462%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −465%	220−230 +465%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −430%	318 +430%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 −428%	396 +428%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −440%	216 +440%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −410%	107 +410%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27
−417%

120−130

+417%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 −453%	160−170 +453%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −433%	140−150 +433%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −438%	85−90 +438%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −417%	90−95 +417%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −419%	100−110 +419%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −417%	93 +417%
Far Cry 5	30−33 −443%	163 +443%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −414%	180−190 +414%
Hitman 3	21−24 −410%	100−110 +410%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −410%	255 +410%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −450%	132 +450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −435%	294 +435%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −463%	130−140 +463%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −472%	103 +472%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24
−462%

110−120

+462%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −450%	85−90 +450%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −475%	65−70 +475%
Hitman 3	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −448%	110−120 +448%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −450%	99 +450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −433%	144 +433%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −417%	60−65 +417%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −480%	55−60 +480%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −420%	50−55 +420%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −411%	46 +411%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −450%	130−140 +450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −413%	154 +413%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −462%	118 +462%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −442%	65 +442%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−413%

80−85
+413%

This is how GTX 690 and RX 6950 XT compete in popular games:

RX 6950 XT is 435% faster in 1080p
RX 6950 XT is 463% faster in 1440p
RX 6950 XT is 438% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.43	73.27
Recency	3 May 2012	10 May 2022
Cost	$999	$1099
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	335 Watt