SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure
vs
ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure and the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, which has 768 shaders and 6 execution units.
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure GPU ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Navi 21 KXTX GPU Chip GM206-250-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 6
5120 Shader 768
128 Render Output Units 32
320 Texture Units 48
80 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.653 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
576 GB/s Memory bandwidth 106 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure clocks in the base with up to 1.925 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 is 1.051 GHz.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.051 GHz
2.368 GHz Boost Clock 1.228 GHz
2.16 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure is 405 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 has a TDP of 90 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

405 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 has 1 Hybrid Radial/Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

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 SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

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 No
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 No

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure is 320 mm long, 135 mm high and 72 mm wide.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 is 172 mm long, 112 mm high and 40 mm wide.

320 mm Length 172 mm
135 mm Height 112 mm
72 mm Width 40 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure was released in Q2/2022 at a price of 1,099 $ (Reference).

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini V2 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 149 $.

11317-04-20G Part-no MINI-GTX950-2G / 90YV08U1-M0NA00
Q2/2022 Release date Q2/2016
1,099 $ (Reference) Launch Price 149 $
7 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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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