Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD
Radeon RX 7800 XT
16384 Mb GDDR6
Released UNRELEASED
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon RX 6950 XT
16384 Mb GDDR6
Released 10 May 2022
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7800 XT
- Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6950 XT
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon RX 7800 XT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 6950 XT |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 32 (Navi 32 XT) | Navi 21 (Navi 21 KXTX
(215-121000289)) |
| Fab Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Die Size | 346 mm² | 520 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | 26,800 million |
| Shaders | 3840 | 5120 |
| Raytracing Cores | 60 | 80 |
| Compute Units | 60 | 80 |
| Core clock | 1800 MHz | 1925 MHz |
| ROPs | 128 | 128 |
| TMUs | 240 | 320 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 6950 XT |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective |
| Memory Size | 16384 Mb | 16384 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 6950 XT |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | 335 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | 10 May 2022 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 7800 XT358.40 GP/s
- Radeon RX 6950 XT297.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 7800 XT672.00 GT/s
- Radeon RX 6950 XT743.70 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 7800 XT576.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX 6950 XT576.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 7800 XT43010.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 6950 XT23800.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better