AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
107W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
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 40,335
20%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 345
59%
OCT Metal 90
15%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
Release Date
1/19/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
80 CUs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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1925MHz Base
2324MHz
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
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FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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128KB/Array
L2
4MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
16GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
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TDP
335W
TDP
107W
Temp
110°C Max
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 DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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
Model
VCN 3.0
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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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
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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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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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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