Radeon RX 6950 XT vs TITAN RTX

Place in the ranking	66	17
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.06	26.59
Power efficiency	11.98	14.93
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	TU102	Navi 21
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 December 2018 (6 years ago)	10 May 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	$1,099

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6950 XT has 1191% better value for money than TITAN RTX.

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	4608	5120
Core clock speed	1350 MHz	1925 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	2324 MHz
Number of transistors	18,600 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	335 Watt
Texture fill rate	509.8	743.7
Floating-point processing power	16.31 TFLOPS	23.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	128
TMUs	288	320
Tensor Cores	576	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	72	80

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 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	576.0 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	-

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. 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.

TITAN RTX 48.92

RX 6950 XT 72.94
+49.1%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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.

TITAN RTX 18858

RX 6950 XT 28116
+49.1%

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.

TITAN RTX 49602

RX 6950 XT 72228
+45.6%

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.

TITAN RTX 99561

RX 6950 XT 119918
+20.4%

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

TITAN RTX 35884

RX 6950 XT 59882
+66.9%

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.

TITAN RTX 177234

RX 6950 XT 229172
+29.3%

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.

TITAN RTX 537413
+8.1%

RX 6950 XT 497297

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 HD	161 −36.6%	220 +36.6%
1440p	101 −32.7%	134 +32.7%
4K	72 −15.3%	83 +15.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	15.52	5.00
1440p	24.74	8.20
4K	34.71	13.24

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−104%

161
+104%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	104 −45.2%	150−160 +45.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	104 −26.9%	130−140 +26.9%
Battlefield 5	209 −12.4%	230−240 +12.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	143 +19.2%	120−130 −19.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	79 −81%	143 +81%
Far Cry 5	127 +8.5%	110−120 −8.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	201 +11%	180−190 −11%
Forza Horizon 4	281 +16.1%	240−250 −16.1%
Hitman 3	117 −10.3%	120−130 +10.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	348 +31.8%	260−270 −31.8%
Metro Exodus	144 −7.6%	150−160 +7.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	127 +3.3%	120−130 −3.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	206 −51.9%	300−350 +51.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	215 +40.5%	150−160 −40.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	186 +23.2%	150−160 −23.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	88 −50%	130−140 +50%
Battlefield 5	203 −15.8%	230−240 +15.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	131 +9.2%	120−130 −9.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	79 −62%	128 +62%
Far Cry 5	101 −15.8%	110−120 +15.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	154 −17.5%	180−190 +17.5%
Forza Horizon 4	254 +5%	240−250 −5%
Hitman 3	116 −11.2%	120−130 +11.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	336 +27.3%	260−270 −27.3%
Metro Exodus	144 −7.6%	150−160 +7.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110 −11.8%	120−130 +11.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	286 −54.5%	442 +54.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 −57.4%	150−160 +57.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	204 +33.3%	150−160 −33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	79 −91.1%	150−160 +91.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80 −65%	130−140 +65%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	102 −17.6%	120−130 +17.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	78 −56.4%	122 +56.4%
Far Cry 5	79 −48.1%	110−120 +48.1%
Forza Horizon 4	175 −38.3%	240−250 +38.3%
Hitman 3	111 −16.2%	120−130 +16.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	218 −45.9%	318 +45.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	242 −63.6%	396 +63.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	139 −55.4%	216 +55.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	86 −24.4%	107 +24.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

123

+0%

120−130

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	95−100 −69.4%	160−170 +69.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 −49.3%	110−120 +49.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −61.1%	85−90 +61.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	66 −42.4%	90−95 +42.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	79 −3.8%	80−85 +3.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	66 −40.9%	93 +40.9%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −47.4%	80−85 +47.4%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 −6.3%	270−280 +6.3%
Hitman 3	100 −7%	100−110 +7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	168 −51.8%	255 +51.8%
Metro Exodus	114 −15.8%	132 +15.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	183 −60.7%	294 +60.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 −75.3%	130−140 +75.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	205 −17.1%	240−250 +17.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

119
+0.8%

110−120

−0.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	88 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	67 −3%	65−70 +3%
Hitman 3	48 −35.4%	65−70 +35.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150 −50.7%	220−230 +50.7%
Metro Exodus	121 +1.7%	110−120 −1.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	103 −39.8%	144 +39.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52 −17.3%	60−65 +17.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	43 −37.2%	55−60 +37.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50 −4%	50−55 +4%
Cyberpunk 2077	33 −39.4%	46 +39.4%
Far Cry 5	49 −2%	50−55 +2%
Forza Horizon 4	114 −15.8%	130−140 +15.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	109 −57.8%	172 +57.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	43 −51.2%	65 +51.2%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−10.8%

80−85
+10.8%

This is how TITAN RTX and RX 6950 XT compete in popular games:

RX 6950 XT is 37% faster in 1080p
RX 6950 XT is 33% faster in 1440p
RX 6950 XT is 15% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the TITAN RTX is 41% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RX 6950 XT is 104% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

TITAN RTX is ahead in 14 tests (19%)
RX 6950 XT is ahead in 56 tests (78%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	48.92	72.94
Recency	18 December 2018	10 May 2022
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	335 Watt

TITAN RTX has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 19.6% lower power consumption.

RX 6950 XT, on the other hand, has a 49.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the TITAN RTX in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.