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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT vs GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 19/100

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS.

GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.30 GHz · 90 W Speed index 2/100

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC has 768 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.30 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.01 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1,046 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC.

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
Speed index
19/100
2/100
FP32
23.04 TFLOPS
2.01 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.25 GHz
1.30 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
2 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
106 GB/s
TDP
300 W
90 W
Launch Price
999 $
149 $

GPU

GPUSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU ChipNavi 21GM206-250-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors806
Shader5120768
Render Output Units12832
Texture Units32048
Raytracing Cores80--
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 6 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
Memory Size16 GB2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.653 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s106 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.653GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
Base Clock1.825 GHz1.114 GHz
Boost Clock2.250 GHz1.304 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.02 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is 1.304 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
TDP300 W90 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C95 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 2 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 GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.2
DVI--1
USB-C1--
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNon addressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1DecodeNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
Length267 mm194 mm
Height120 mm124 mm
Width50 mm41 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTGALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2021Q3/2015
Launch Price999 $149 $
Structure size7 nm28 nm
Part-no21308-01-20G--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q2/2021.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC published in Q3/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT +1,146.6 %

  1. 9,836
  2. 789

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 9,889
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 3,619
  2. no data

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)

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 75 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 114 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 38 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 74 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 126 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 110 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT +810.3 %

  1. 161,394
  2. 17,729

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT +797.0 %

  1. 161,439
  2. 17,998

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 235,478
  2. no data

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