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AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon HD 6950

AMD Radeon HD 6950

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

970%
970%

AMD Radeon HD 6950

10%
10%
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is approximately 960% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 32
Cayman
CoresDifferent
3840
1408
TMUsDifferent
240
88
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 32
Cayman
CodenameDifferent
Wheat Nas
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 32 XT(215-180000006)
Cayman PRO(215-0807019)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 3.0
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
40 nm
MCD ProcessDifferent
6 nm
N/A
Process TypeDifferent
N5 / N6 FinFET
N/A
TransistorsDifferent
28,100 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
81.2M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
346 mm²
389 mm²
GCD SizeDifferent
200mm²
N/A
MCD SizeDifferent
36.6 mm² x4
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
N/A
Package SizeDifferent
40mm × 40mm
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
Release DateDifferent
Aug 25th, 2023
Dec 14th, 2010
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 6th, 2023
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi III(RX 7000)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi II
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Navi IV
Southern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
499 USD
299 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
44 in our database
111 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
Base ClockDifferent
1295 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2124 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2430 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2438 MHz19.5 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
800 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
624.1 GB/s
160.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
Shading UnitsDifferent
3840
1408
TMUsDifferent
240
88
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
60
22
Matrix CoresDifferent
120
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
60
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
64 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
Pixel RateDifferent
233.3 GPixel/s
25.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
583.2 GTexel/s
70.40 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
74.65 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
37.32 TFLOPS
2.253 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,166.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
563.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
286 mm11.3 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
42 mm1.7 inches
TDPDifferent
263 W
200 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
550 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a3x DisplayPort 2.1
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-D712A7-00_02
109-C21647-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6950
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
5.0

Comparison Summary

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GeForce RTX 3090 Performance113%

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GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Performance111%

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Performance108%

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Radeon RX 7900 GRE Performance106%

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Radeon RX 560 Performance119%

Radeon RX 560 is 19% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6950

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AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs GeForce GTX 570

GeForce GTX 570 Performance117%

GeForce GTX 570 is 17% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6950

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AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs GeForce GTX 660

GeForce GTX 660 Performance117%

GeForce GTX 660 is 17% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6950

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AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon R7 370

Radeon R7 370 Performance116%

Radeon R7 370 is 16% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6950

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AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon HD 6970

Radeon HD 6970 Performance112%

Radeon HD 6970 is 12% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6950

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AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs GeForce GTX 480

GeForce GTX 480 Performance107%

GeForce GTX 480 is 7% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6950

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