AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Thicc III Ultra. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Thicc III Ultra, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 KXTX (RDNA 2) Navi 10 XT
• Execution units
  80 40
• Shader
  5120 2560
• Render Output Units
  128 64
• Texture Units
  320 160
• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

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 Speed
  18.0 Gbps 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  576 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Thicc III Ultra. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.890 GHz-2 % 1.810 GHz+ 13 %
• Boost Clock
  2.310 GHz-1 % 2.025 GHz+ 6 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.100 GHz-1 % 1.935 GHz+ 10 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  335 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 335 W
• Tjunction max
  100 °C 89 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Thicc III Ultra.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  -- 1 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  -- 2 x 80 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 43 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• 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
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• 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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No

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

• Length
  -- 315 mm
• Height
  -- 131 mm
• Width
  -- 57 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Thicc III Ultra and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q3/2019
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet