ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula vs AMD Radeon RX 550X

ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula $870
AMD Radeon RX 550X
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2495MHz
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1071MHz
FP32
25.55 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
51.1 TFLOPS
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
3.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
60W
Power Connectors
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3x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 183,095
60%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 180,250
100%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 126,460
62%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 325
55%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
ASRock
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Codename
Baffin
Polaris 11
Variant
Polaris 11 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
Release Date
4/11/2018
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
123 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.39M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
80 CUs
Compute Units
10 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1925MHz Base
2495MHz
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1019MHz Base
1071MHz
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FP16
51.1 TFLOPS
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FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP32
25.55 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
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-
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FP64
1.6 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
319.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
17.136 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
798.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
42.84 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
1MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
335W
TDP
60W
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
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 2.2
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCE 3.4
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
UVD 6.3
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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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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-
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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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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Slots Required
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
332 mm (13.07 in)
Depth
61 mm (2.4 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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