AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs AMD Radeon 520

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
AMD Radeon 520
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1030MHz
Peak AI Performance
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
660 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
660 GFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 167,895
93%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 117,795
57%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 345
59%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Codename
Hainan
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Variant
Banks Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
Release Date
4/18/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
56 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
690 Million
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.32M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
20 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
80 CUs
Compute Units
5 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1925MHz Base
2324MHz
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1030MHz
Peak AI Performance
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
660 GFLOPS
FP32
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FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
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FP32
660 GFLOPS
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FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
40 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4.12 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
20.6 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
128KB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
36GB/s
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TDP
335W
TDP
Unknown
Temp
110°C Max
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Model
VCN 3.0
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
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