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AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs 6950 XT

Radeon RX 7900 GRE
VS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Navi 31
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Navi 21

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 7900 GRE with 5120 shaders against the 6950 XT that utilizes 5120 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
59.2
(Average)
Value Index
55.9
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 6950 XT over RX 7900 GRE
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7900 GRE
  • 94% higher maximum theoretical performance (46 vs 23.7 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 7900 GRE
vs
RX 6950 XT

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
212
144
126
91
210
140
121
90
The Witcher 3
220
201
145
76
213
192
140
76
Counter-Strike 2
304
212
152
81
299
216
150
82
Far Cry 6
180
155
138
88
175
153
136
83
Hogwarts Legacy
137
108
87
50
129
107
83
46
CoD: Modern Warfare III
199
187
138
92
187
182
132
88
Ghost of Tsushima
139
119
98
59
138
113
96
57
Cyberpunk 2077
154
133
95
44
147
134
89
41
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
233
225
171
88
229
212
158
83
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 198 192
1080p Ultra 165 161
1440p Ultra 128 123
4K Ultra 74 72
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 7900 GRE +3%
21369
RX 6950 XT
20794
Time Spy 22544 21610
Solar Bay 90933 89327
Port Royal 12467 11269
Fire Strike 56225 59854
Wild Life Extreme 41755 40959
Night Raid 169714 163309
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 7900 GRE
172224
RX 6950 XT +10%
189857
Background Blur 352.4 img/sec 382.1 img/sec
Face Detection 229 img/sec 259 img/sec
Horizon Detection 6.42 Gpixels/sec 6.93 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 8.86 Gpixels/sec 10.2 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.89 Gpixels/sec 8.39 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.5 Gpixels/sec 1.48 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 662.8 Gpixels/sec 824.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 24012 FPS 26538.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RX 7900 GRE +1%
12461
RX 6950 XT
12357

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 7900 GRE
27453
RX 6950 XT +2%
28058
G2D Mark 1212 1083
DirectX 11 300 FPS 298 FPS
DirectX 12 111 FPS 115 FPS
GPU Compute 15210 Ops/s 14128 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 2161 & 3849 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 7900 GRE +3%
2825.7
RX 6950 XT
2749.82
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 261 & 509 samples
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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 7900 GRE +4%
34533
RX 6950 XT
33294
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 7900 GRE +15%
42224
RX 6950 XT
36737
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 7900 GRE +8%
26568
RX 6950 XT
24655
Image Classification (SP) 15095 14145
Image Segmentation (HP) 21206 18828
Image Super Resolution (Q) 33962 32309
Face Detection (HP) 57614 49133
Pose Estimation (Q) 214748 166767
Text Classification (SP) 4325 4491
Machine Translation (HP) 6598 6690
Object Detection (SP) 16608 15446
Depth Estimation (Q) 57731 56831
Style Transfer (SP) 394987 367328
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7900 GRE and 6950 XT

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released - May 10, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $1099
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 RDNA 2.0
GPU Codename Navi 31 Navi 21
Rival Equivalent - - GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Recommended CPU - - Intel Core i7 12700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (18th and 24th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1287 MHz 1860 MHz
Boost Clock 2245 MHz 2310 MHz
Shading Units 5120 5120
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 320 320
Render Output Units (ROPs) 160 128
Ray-tracing Cores 80 80
L1 Cache 256KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 6MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 4 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 359 GPixel/s 296 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 718 GTexel/s 739 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 7900 GRE +94%
46 TFLOPS
RX 6950 XT
23.7 TFLOPS
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 260 W 335 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
Die Size 529 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor Count 57 billion 26 billion
Transistor Density 107.75 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory Clock 2250 MHz 2250 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 18000 Mbps 18000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 7900 GRE
576 GB/s
RX 6950 XT
576 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.2 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a

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Choose between two graphics cards
15 (75%)
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Total votes: 20

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