Radeon RX 6900 XTX vs RX 5700 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking86not rated
Place by popularity72not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.56no data
Power efficiency13.26no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 10Navi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)28 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores25605120
Core clock speed1605 MHz2075 MHz
Boost clock speed1905 MHz2435 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt330 Watt
Texture fill rate304.8779.2
Floating-point processing power9.754 TFLOPS24.93 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs160320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length272 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s576.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan+1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 330 Watt

RX 5700 XT has 46.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6900 XTX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 6900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.


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