ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
• GPU Chip
  Navi 31 (RDNA 3) Navi 21 KXTX (RDNA 2)
• Execution units
  96 80
• Shader
  6144 5120
• Render Output Units
  192 128
• Texture Units
  384 320
• Raytracing Cores
  96 80

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

• Memory Size
  24 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  2.500 GHz 2.250 GHz
• Memory Speed
  20 Gbps 18.0 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  960 GB/s 576 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  384 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT. The higher the better.

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

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

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

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

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

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

• Length
  287 mm --
• Height
  123 mm --
• Width
  51 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q2/2022
• Structure size
  5 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet