ATI Radeon VE AGP vs RX 6950 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	25	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	33.73	no data
Power efficiency	15.43	no data
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	Navi 21	Rage 6
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 May 2022 (3 years ago)	19 February 2001 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,099	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	5120	no data
Core clock speed	1925 MHz	183 MHz
Boost clock speed	2324 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	26,800 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	335 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	743.7	0.55
Floating-point processing power	23.8 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	128	1
TMUs	320	3
Ray Tracing Cores	80	no data
L0 Cache	1.3 MB	no data
L1 Cache	1 MB	no data
L2 Cache	4 MB	no data
L3 Cache	128 MB	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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	3-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	183 MHz
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	2.928 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data
Resizable BAR	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	7.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	2.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 May 2022	19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	335 Watt	23 Watt

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