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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs 6800 XT

Radeon RX 6950 XT
VS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Navi 21
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Navi 21

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 6950 XT with 5120 shaders against the 1 year and 6 months older 6800 XT that utilizes 4608 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
16 GB GDDR6
VS
16 GB GDDR6
55.9
(Average)
Value Index
46.6
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 6800 XT over RX 6950 XT
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6950 XT
  • Performs slightly better (up to 18%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 11% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 123 vs 111 FPS
  • Achieves 37% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (189K vs 138K)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 6950 XT
vs
RX 6800 XT

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
210
140
121
90
198
131
109
83
The Witcher 3
213
192
140
76
192
173
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
299
216
150
82
285
203
145
80
Far Cry 6
175
153
136
83
164
144
120
75
Hogwarts Legacy
129
107
83
46
120
96
76
42
CoD: Modern Warfare III
187
182
132
88
168
160
116
76
Ghost of Tsushima
138
113
96
57
125
104
84
53
Cyberpunk 2077
147
134
89
41
129
116
79
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
229
212
158
83
209
191
142
74
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 192 177
1080p Ultra 161 146
1440p Ultra 123 111
4K Ultra 72 65
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 6950 XT +18%
20794
RX 6800 XT
17589
Time Spy 21610 19379
Solar Bay 89327 78685
Port Royal 11269 9715
Fire Strike 59854 53014
Wild Life Extreme 40959 35635
Night Raid 163309 155323
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 6950 XT +37%
189857
RX 6800 XT
138858
Background Blur 382.1 img/sec 335.7 img/sec
Face Detection 259 img/sec 221.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 6.93 Gpixels/sec 6.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 10.2 Gpixels/sec 8.96 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 8.39 Gpixels/sec 7.44 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.48 Gpixels/sec 1.31 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 824.3 Gpixels/sec 263 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 26538.1 FPS 14755 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RX 6950 XT +44%
12357
RX 6800 XT
8578

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 6950 XT +12%
28058
RX 6800 XT
25100
G2D Mark 1083 1046
DirectX 11 298 FPS 265 FPS
DirectX 12 115 FPS 100 FPS
GPU Compute 14128 Ops/s 13077 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 3849 & 8012 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 6950 XT +14%
2749.82
RX 6800 XT
2421.91
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 509 & 1120 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 6950 XT +10%
33294
RX 6800 XT
30220
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 6950 XT +21%
36737
RX 6800 XT
30423
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 6950 XT +9%
24655
RX 6800 XT
22583
Image Classification (SP) 14145 11942
Image Segmentation (HP) 18828 7603
Image Super Resolution (Q) 32309 30511
Face Detection (HP) 49133 42862
Pose Estimation (Q) 166767 160019
Text Classification (SP) 4491 4247
Machine Translation (HP) 6690 6279
Object Detection (SP) 15446 13910
Depth Estimation (Q) 56831 51794
Style Transfer (SP) 367328 324124
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 6950 XT and 6800 XT

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released May 10, 2022 November 18, 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $1099 $649
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
GPU Codename Navi 21 Navi 21
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER - GeForce RTX 4070
Successor - - Radeon RX 9070 XT
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 12700K or above - Intel Core i7 12700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (24th and 32nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1860 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost Clock 2310 MHz 2250 MHz
Shading Units 5120 4608
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 320 288
Render Output Units (ROPs) 128 128
Ray-tracing Cores 80 72
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 4MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 296 GPixel/s 288 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 739 GTexel/s 648 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 6950 XT +14%
23.7 TFLOPS
RX 6800 XT
20.7 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 335 W 300 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
Die Size 520 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor Count 26 billion 26 billion
Transistor Density 50 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory Clock 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 18000 Mbps 16000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 6950 XT +13%
576 GB/s
RX 6800 XT
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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Total votes: 10

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