SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition has the Navi 21 KXTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Navi 21 KXTX GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
5120 Shader 2560
128 Render Output Units 48
320 Texture Units 80
80 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition clocks at 2.250 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 18.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
576 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
2.565 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
2.31 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 420 W.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W (Reference).

420 W TDP 130 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition is equipped with a total of 4 Axial / Axial (Radiator) main fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial / Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
3 x 120 mm Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

270 mm Length 162 mm
130 mm Height 117 mm
45 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE Toxic Radeon RX 6950 XT Limited Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2022.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus V2 came on the market in Q1/2023 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

11317-01-20G Part-no NE63050018P1-1070E
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2023
1,099 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (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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