PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB vs XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB and XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT AMD Radeon RX 580
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 KXTX Polaris 20 XT
• Execution units
  80 36
• Shader
  5120 2304
• Render Output Units
  128 32
• Texture Units
  320 144

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

• Memory Size
  16 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  18 Gbps 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  576 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB and XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.925 GHz 1.257 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.435 GHz+ 5 % 1.405 GHz+ 5 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.226 GHz+ 5 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  335 W 185 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  3 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB and XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- 1
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  Addressable LED 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
• AV1
  Decode No

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

• Length
  320 mm 270 mm
• Height
  135 mm 124 mm
• Width
  62 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB and PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2017
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  AXRX 6950 XT 16GBD6-3DHE/OC RX-580P826D6
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet