GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G
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MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G has the Navi 21 KXTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G is based on the graphics chip Navi 21 KXTX, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G GPU MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Navi 21 KXTX GPU Chip Navi 21 KXTX
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 graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G clocks at 2.250 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 18.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.925 GHz
2.324 GHz Boost Clock 2.454 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 %
2.12 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.24 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 %
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 335 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 340 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 %.

335 W TDP 340 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 %
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G.

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

332 mm Length 325 mm
143 mm Height 140 mm
57 mm Width 55 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2022.

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G came on the market in Q2/2022 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

GV-R695XTGAMING OC-16GD Part-no --
Q2/2022 Release date Q2/2022
1,099 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,099 $ (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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