XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming vs PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hellhound. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming and PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hellhound, chip, information processing units.

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

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

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

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming and PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hellhound. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.009 GHz+ 4 % 1.900 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.368 GHz+ 2 % 2.525 GHz+ 1 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.162 GHz+ 2 % 2.330 GHz+ 1 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  405 W+ 21 % 355 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming and PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hellhound.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 2 x 110 mm
• Fan 2
  1 x 80 mm 1 x 100 mm
• 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
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v2.1
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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
  Addressable LED Addressable LED

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
  340 mm --
• Height
  139 mm --
• Width
  57 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots --
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hellhound and XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q4/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 5 nm
• Part-no
  RX-695XATBD9 --
• Documents
  data sheet --