XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming
vs
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming and the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming GPU SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming clocks in the base with up to 2.009 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is 1.925 GHz.

2.009 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 % Base Clock 1.925 GHz
2.368 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 % Boost Clock 2.324 GHz
2.16 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 % Avg (Game) Clock 2.12 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming is 405 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 21 %. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT has a TDP of 391 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 17 % and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

405 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 21 % TDP 391 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 17 %
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
1 x 80 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

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 Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming is 340 mm long, 139 mm high and 57 mm wide.

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is 320 mm long, 135 mm high and 58 mm wide.

340 mm Length 320 mm
139 mm Height 135 mm
57 mm Width 58 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming was released in Q2/2022 at a price of 1,099 $ (Reference).

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

RX-695XATBD9 Part-no 11317-02-20G
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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