AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT: specs and benchmarks

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RX 6950 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT
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  • Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 1925
  • Max video memory 16384
  • Memory type GDDR6
  • Memory clock speed 18000
  • Maximum resolution
Year of release 2022
Performance 73.87

Summary

AMD started Radeon RX 6950 XT sales 10 May 2022 at a recommended price of $1,099. This is a high-end Navi / RDNA2 architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 18 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 576.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is triple-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 335 Watt.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at

73.87%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Radeon RX 6950 XT: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking7
Value for money26.68
ArchitectureNavi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNavi
Market segmentDesktop
Release date10 May 2022 (1 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,099
Current price$946 (0.9x MSRP)of 158889 (A100 PCIe)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

Radeon RX 6950 XT's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 6950 XT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores5120of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed1925 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed2324 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors26,800 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology7 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)335 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate743.7of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon RX 6950 XT and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm
Width3-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 6950 XT: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GBof 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed18000 MHzof 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth576.0 GB/sof 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 6950 XT. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+

API support

APIs supported by Radeon RX 6950 XT, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.5
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.1
Vulkan1.3

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX 6950 XT. 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.

RX 6950 XT 73.87

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%

RX 6950 XT 29126

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.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RX 6950 XT 119918

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.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

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3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

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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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

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3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

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Benchmark coverage: 3%

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Benchmark coverage: 3%

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Benchmark coverage: 3%

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Benchmark coverage: 1%

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon RX 6950 XT is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD205
1440p133
4K85

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 140−150

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
Battlefield 5 170−180
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 170−180
Cyberpunk 2077 140−150
Far Cry 5 150−160
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
Hitman 3 210−220
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 200−210
Watch Dogs: Legion 130

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
Battlefield 5 170−180
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 170−180
Cyberpunk 2077 140−150
Far Cry 5 150−160
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
Hitman 3 210−220
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
Metro Exodus 150−160
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 200−210
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 230−240
Watch Dogs: Legion 115

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
Battlefield 5 170−180
Cyberpunk 2077 140−150
Far Cry 5 150−160
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 230−240
Watch Dogs: Legion 107

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 130−140
Hitman 3 160−170
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
Metro Exodus 100−110
Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 90−95
Battlefield 5 150−160
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
Far Cry 5 130−140
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
Watch Dogs: Legion 103

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
Hitman 3 95−100
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
Metro Exodus 60−65
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
Battlefield 5 100−110
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
Far Cry 5 90−95
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
Watch Dogs: Legion 65

Relative perfomance

Radeon RX 6950 XT's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX 6950 XT is GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, which is faster by 3% and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Similar GPUs

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