XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.62 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.38 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.32 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 23.79 TFLOPS.

GPU

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip Navi 21 KXTX
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
2560 Shader 5120
64 Render Output Units 128
160 Texture Units 320
40 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 576 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.615 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is 2.324 GHz.

2.330 GHz Base Clock 1.925 GHz
2.615 GHz Boost Clock 2.324 GHz
2.43 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.12 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 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 SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

230 W TDP 391 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT 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
Non addressable LED LED Addressable LED

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 / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 320 mm
110 mm Height 135 mm
40 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT published in Q2/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

RX-67TMYDFD8 Part-no 11317-02-20G
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2022
479 $ (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)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
115 fps (avg)

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)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
133 fps (avg)

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)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
77 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
122 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
201 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
196 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
201 fps (avg)

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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