AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB GDDR6

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB GDDR6

AMD
62 Overall Score
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Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

Sapphire
96 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB GDDR6

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Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

88 out of 100 high confidence 43 reviews

The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.

Pros
  • Excellent 4K gaming performance
  • Very quiet operation
  • Efficient cooling with low temperatures
  • Compact size for a high-end card
  • 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
  • High power consumption
  • Occasional coil whine
  • Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
  • Large 4-slot design
👍 Performance 4k 12
👍 Noise level 15
👍 Cooling efficiency 14
👍 Build quality 8
🤔 Coil whine 7
🤔 Power consumption 6

Scores

Ray Tracing
AMD
71
Sapphire
93
Gaming 4k
AMD
63
Sapphire
91
Gaming 1440p
AMD
69
Sapphire
90
Content Creation
AMD
53
Sapphire
89
Gaming 1080p
AMD
67
Sapphire
89
Ai Llm
AMD
52
Sapphire
85
Workstation
AMD
52
Sapphire
80
Budget
AMD
66
Sapphire
76

Specifications

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTSapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+
Chipset
GPU ChipsetRadeon RX 6950 XTRadeon RX 7900 XTX
BrandAMDAMD
ArchitectureRDNA 2RDNA 3
Classconsumerconsumer
Process75★
Memory
VRAM16 GB24 GB★
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Bus
256
384
Bandwidth
576
960
Compute
Stream ProcessorsNo data
6,144
Tensor CoresNo data
192
RT Cores8096★
Base Clock
1,860
2,510
Boost Clock
2,310
2,680
FP16 TFLOPS
47.310001373291016
122.80000305175781
FP32 TFLOPS23.64999961853027361.38999938964844★
Performance
PassMark G3D
28,090
31,427
GPU Compute
14,177
17,736
Power & Cooling
TDP335★339
Recommended PSU850800★
Power Connectors—3 x 8-Pin
Cooler—Triple Fan★
Fans—3★
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 4.0 x16PCI Express 4.0 x16
DisplayPort—2★
HDMI12★
USB-C—1★
Max Displays—4★
Max Resolution3840x21607680 x 4320
Physical
Length—320★
Slot Width3★4
Form Factor—ATX
Weight0.46 kg★1.00 kg
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingAMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, AMD Radeon Super ResolutionFSR 3.1
AV1 Encode✓✓
DirectX—12 Ultimate
RGB—✓★

Pros & Cons

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB GDDR6

  • Strong rt (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
  • Strong raster (78th percentile)
  • Strong social proof (76th percentile)
  • Strong ai (75th percentile)
  • Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
  • Below average affordability (23rd percentile)

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

  • Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong compute (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Below average affordability (19th percentile)19th %ile

Pricing

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB GDDR6

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+

Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 38 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation

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