Radeon HD 6950M vs RX 5600 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5600 XT with Radeon HD 6950M, including specs and performance data.

RX 5600 XT
2020
6 GB GDDR6, 150 Watt
35.12
+878%

RX 5600 XT outperforms HD 6950M by a whopping 878% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking146729
Place by popularity80not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation53.61no data
Power efficiency16.064.92
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameNavi 10Blackcomb
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 January 2020 (5 years ago)4 January 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2304960
Core clock speed1130 MHz580 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,300 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate224.627.84
Floating-point processing power7.188 TFLOPS1.114 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs14448

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB1 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s115.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 5600 XT 35.12
+878%
HD 6950M 3.59

  • Other tests
    • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
    • 3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX 5600 XT 31310
+1177%
HD 6950M 2452

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RX 5600 XT 86004
+750%
HD 6950M 10122

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 HD110
+1000%
10−12
−1000%
1440p64
+967%
6−7
−967%
4K38
+1167%
3−4
−1167%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.54no data
1440p4.36no data
4K7.34no data

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Atomic Heart 147
+1738%
8−9
−1738%
Counter-Strike 2 77
+670%
10−11
−670%
Cyberpunk 2077 83
+1086%
7−8
−1086%
Atomic Heart 115
+1338%
8−9
−1338%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+892%
12−14
−892%
Counter-Strike 2 63
+530%
10−11
−530%
Cyberpunk 2077 74
+957%
7−8
−957%
Far Cry 5 148
+1750%
8−9
−1750%
Fortnite 140−150
+674%
18−20
−674%
Forza Horizon 4 185
+1056%
16−18
−1056%
Forza Horizon 5 121
+1917%
6−7
−1917%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+773%
14−16
−773%
Valorant 275
+450%
50−55
−450%
Atomic Heart 66
+725%
8−9
−725%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+892%
12−14
−892%
Counter-Strike 2 53
+430%
10−11
−430%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+347%
60−65
−347%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
+800%
7−8
−800%
Dota 2 185
+478%
30−35
−478%
Far Cry 5 135
+1588%
8−9
−1588%
Fortnite 140−150
+674%
18−20
−674%
Forza Horizon 4 173
+981%
16−18
−981%
Forza Horizon 5 91
+1417%
6−7
−1417%
Grand Theft Auto V 126
+1160%
10−11
−1160%
Metro Exodus 81
+1250%
6−7
−1250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+773%
14−16
−773%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140
+1300%
10−11
−1300%
Valorant 272
+444%
50−55
−444%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+892%
12−14
−892%
Counter-Strike 2 47
+370%
10−11
−370%
Cyberpunk 2077 54
+671%
7−8
−671%
Dota 2 168
+425%
30−35
−425%
Far Cry 5 126
+1475%
8−9
−1475%
Forza Horizon 4 138
+763%
16−18
−763%
Forza Horizon 5 85
+1317%
6−7
−1317%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+773%
14−16
−773%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 84
+740%
10−11
−740%
Valorant 148
+196%
50−55
−196%
Fortnite 140−150
+674%
18−20
−674%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+460%
5−6
−460%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+800%
24−27
−800%
Grand Theft Auto V 61
+1933%
3−4
−1933%
Metro Exodus 49
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+600%
24−27
−600%
Valorant 252
+641%
30−35
−641%
Battlefield 5 85−90
+988%
8−9
−988%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Far Cry 5 89
+1383%
6−7
−1383%
Forza Horizon 4 109
+1263%
8−9
−1263%
Forza Horizon 5 59
+1375%
4−5
−1375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+1080%
5−6
−1080%
Fortnite 80−85
+1283%
6−7
−1283%
Atomic Heart 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Grand Theft Auto V 63
+294%
16−18
−294%
Metro Exodus 30
+900%
3−4
−900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 46
+1050%
4−5
−1050%
Valorant 214
+1159%
16−18
−1159%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+920%
5−6
−920%
Counter-Strike 2 6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 12
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Dota 2 99
+890%
10−11
−890%
Far Cry 5 45
+1025%
4−5
−1025%
Forza Horizon 4 70
+2233%
3−4
−2233%
Forza Horizon 5 30
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+900%
4−5
−900%
Fortnite 40−45
+900%
4−5
−900%

This is how RX 5600 XT and HD 6950M compete in popular games:

  • RX 5600 XT is 1000% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5600 XT is 967% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5600 XT is 1167% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 5600 XT is 4800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 5600 XT surpassed HD 6950M in all 61 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.12 3.59
Recency 21 January 2020 4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt

RX 5600 XT has a 878.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6950M, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6950M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5600 XT is a desktop card while Radeon HD 6950M is a notebook one.

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