AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
MSI's new custom Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO is as good as Navi 21 will get. It's definitely a step above the RX 6900 XT, but still loses to the RTX 3090 Ti.
– As reviewed by TweakTown on May 2022
RDNA 2
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
5120
Shader Cores
128
ROPs
320
TMUs
80
RT Cores
16 GB
Memory
GDDR6
Memory Type
576 GB/s
Bandwidth
335 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:May 10, 2022Price at Launch:$1,099
Type:DesktopArchitecture:RDNA 2
Generation:RX 6000 seriesProduct Tier:High-end
VRAM Capacity:16 GBTotal Board Power:335 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:5120TMUs:320
ROPs:128L2 Cache:4 MB
L3 Cache:128 MB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:16 GBMemory Type:GDDR6
Memory Speed:18 GbpsMemory Bus:256-bit
Bandwidth:576 GB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:1.86 GHzGame Clock:2.1 GHz
Boost Clock:2.31 GHzFP32 Throughput:23.65 TFLOPs
Ray Tracing:YesRay Tracing Cores:80
Process Size:7nmProcess Name:TSMC N7
Die Size:520 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:335 WPower Connectors:2x 8-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 4.0 x16HDMI Support:HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort Support:DP 1.4aDSC:1.2a
Max Displays:4
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12 UltimateShader Model:6.8
Vulkan Version:1.4OpenGL Version:4.6

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Reviews and Ratings

78

Average Score

Based on 10 reviews

9.2

User Score

Based on 3,540 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Inexpensive compared to Nvidia competition
  • Incredibly cool and quiet
  • Dual BIOS switch and idle fan stop
  • Higher TDP
  • Reasonably efficient

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Almost identical performance to RX 6900 XT
  • More expensive than RX 6900 XT
  • Still can't beat GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
  • Ray tracing performance lags behind Nvidia RTX GPUs

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80

Starting with the 1080p fps average gaming data we see that for low resolution gamers targeting maximum fps -- we imagine mostly competitive shooter type gamers -- the Radeon RX 6950 XT is about as good as it gets for out of the box performance.That...

By TechSpot on
80

AMD should have led with the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT.After a year and a half since AMD launched this generation's RDNA 2 graphics cards, and almost two years after Nvidia launched its first consumer Ampere cards, AMD has come out with a card that...

By TechRadar on
80

The MSRP for the RX 6950 XT is $1099, slotting it somewhere between the RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti. Clearly the performance isn't as consistent as the latter, but in the games that suit it the RX 6950 XT is better than the RTX 3080. How much you're willing to put up with its foibles are very much related to the type of game that you're playing and how invested you are in the AMD brand.

By OC3D on
75

AMD's RX 6X50 refresh isn't wildly exciting, we just hope the pricing will end up making sense. Credit to Sapphire however for making three terrific aftermarket cards.

By KitGuru on
91

MSI's new custom Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO is as good as Navi 21 will get. It's definitely a step above the RX 6900 XT, but still loses to the RTX 3090 Ti.

By TweakTown on
80

Sapphire does RX 6950 XT justice with an attractive, all-new design.

By Club386 on
80

The Sapphire Nitro+ Pure Radeon RX 6950 XT is a cool, quiet, gorgeous beast pushed even further by AMD’s Smart Access Memory and Radeon Super Resolution features—if you can afford it, fit it in your case, and feed its deep thirst for power.

By PCWorld on
70

The Sapphire RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure boasts some of the fastest non-ray tracing results we've ever seen. Technically the RTX 3090 Ti still wins at 4K ultra, but 1080p and 1440p go to AMD, for a bit more than half the cost of Nvidia's latest tour de force. The main drawback is that AMD's RDNA 3 architecture should arrive before the end of the year, providing even better performance and features.

By Tom's Hardware on
80

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is an excellent showing from AMD, either matching or beating Nvidia's most closely priced card in most cases and nearly keeping up with the twice-as-expensive RTX 3090 Ti in certain scenarios. It does, however, still fail to...

By ign.com on
60

No, buy the RX 6900 XT instead. It's a great gaming graphics card that's now selling for list price. If you want more power for ray tracing and content creation, however, Nvidia's GPUs are still winners. Editors' Recommendations Lenovo Legion 7...

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