ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula vs AMD Radeon RX 5500

ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula $870
AMD Radeon RX 5500
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2495MHz
1408 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
1845MHz
FP32
25.55 TFLOPS
FP32
5.2 TFLOPS
FP16
51.1 TFLOPS
FP16
10.39 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
3.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
130W
Power Connectors
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3x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 183,095
60%
GB5 OpenCL 39,120
13%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 180,250
100%
GB5 Metal 34,350
19%
GB5 Vulkan 126,460
62%
GB5 Vulkan 30,690
15%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 325
55%
OCT Metal 95
16%
Manufacturer
ASRock
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
RDNA 1
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 5000
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Codename
Fighter
Navi 14
Variant
Navi 14 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
Release Date
10/7/2019
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
158 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
40.51M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
80 CUs
Compute Units
22 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1925MHz Base
2495MHz
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1670MHz Base
1845MHz
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FP16
51.1 TFLOPS
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FP16
10.39 TFLOPS
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FP32
25.55 TFLOPS
FP32
5.2 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.6 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.33 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
319.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
59.04 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
798.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
162.36 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
2MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
335W
TDP
130W
Temp
110°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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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 2.0
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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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_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
10.1
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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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3x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
332 mm (13.07 in)
Depth
61 mm (2.4 in)
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