Radeon RX 7500 XT vs RX 6950 XT

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	14	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	22.39	no data
Architecture	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)	RDNA 3.0 (2022)
GPU code name	Navi	Navi 33
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 May 2022 (2 years ago)	2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,099	no data
Current price	$961 (0.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	5120	1024
Core clock speed	1925 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2324 MHz	2300 MHz
Number of transistors	26,800 million	13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	335 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	743.7	147.2

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	3-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	18000 MHz	18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	216.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	2.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	335 Watt	100 Watt

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