GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G
vs
ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G has 5120 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.57 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 26.10 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has 10752 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.89 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 40.65 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 84 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G GPU ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Navi 21 KXTX GPU Chip GA102-350-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
5120 Shader 10752
128 Render Output Units 112
320 Texture Units 336
80 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.250 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
576 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1008 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G has a turbo clock of 2.565 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is 1.890 GHz.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.670 GHz
2.565 GHz Boost Clock 1.890 GHz
2.34 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.86 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G has 3 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 92 °C.

335 W TDP 450 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 92 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G are cooled with a Water cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is cooled by a AIO water cooling.

0 Fan-Type Radial / Axial (Radiator)
-- Fan 1 1 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 2 x 120 mm
Water cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G is 28 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is 28 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

282 mm Length 293 mm
146 mm Height 133 mm
28 mm Width 52 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G was released in Q2/2022.

The ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

GV-R695XTAORUSX WB-16GD Part-no --
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2022
1,099 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,999 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 8 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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