AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 KXTX (RDNA 2) Navi 33 XT (RDNA 3)
• Shader
  5120 2048
• Render Output Units
  128 64
• Texture Units
  320 128
• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  80 32
• Raytracing Cores
  80 32

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  2.250 GHz 2.250 GHz
• Memory Speed
  18.0 Gbps 18 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 128 bit
• Memory bandwidth
  576 GB/s 288 GB/s

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.890 GHz-2 % 1.900 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.310 GHz-1 % 2.600 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.100 GHz-1 % 2.400 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  335 W 200 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  100 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin --

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial --
• Fan 1
  -- --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4a --
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 --
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 --
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  1 --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode / Encode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  -- --
• Height
  -- --
• Width
  -- --
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots --
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4 x 16
• Structure size
  7 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2022 2023
• Launch Price
  1,099 $ (Reference) --
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet --

• Pixel Rate
  297.5 GPixel/s 332.8 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  743.7 GTexel/s 561.6 GTexel/s
• FP16 (half)
  47.60 TFLOPS 71.88 TFLOPS (2:1)
• FP32 (float)
  23.80 TFLOPS 35.94 TFLOPS
• FP64 (double)
  1,487 GFLOPS 1,123 GFLOPS (1:32)