ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition
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GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition and the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition GPU GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Navi 21 KXTX GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
5120 Shader 5120
128 Render Output Units 128
320 Texture Units 320
80 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
576 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.925 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G is 1.950 GHz.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.950 GHz
2.565 GHz Boost Clock 2.525 GHz
2.34 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.38 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition is 335 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

335 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition has a total of 3 Radial / Axial (Radiator) fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial / Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type --
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 --
2 x 120 mm Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition is 277 mm long, 131 mm high and 44 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G is 282 mm long, 146 mm high and 28 mm wide.

277 mm Length 282 mm
131 mm Height 146 mm
44 mm Width 28 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition was released in Q2/2022 at a price of 1,099 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-R69XTAORUSX WB-16GD
Q2/2022 Release date Q3/2021
1,099 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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