SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure
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SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure. The graphics card is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s. The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure has 80 execution units with 5120 shaders.
FP32
24.24TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.37GHz
Memory
16GB GDDR6
TDP
405 W

Technical details

GPU

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 24.24 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
Navi 21 KXTX (RDNA 2)
Streaming Multiprocessors
80
Shader
5120
Render Output Units
128
Texture Units
320
Raytracing Cores
80

Memory

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure can use 16 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR6. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s on a 256 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
576 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure is 1.925 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
1.925 GHz+2 %
Boost Clock
2.368 GHz+3 %
Avg (Game) Clock
2.162 GHz+3 %
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.

TDP
405 W+21 %
Tjunction max
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure has a total of 3 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate) standard.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure is 320 mm long and 135 mm high. With a width of 72 mm, the graphics card requires 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
320 mm
Height
135 mm
Width
72 mm
Width (Slots)
4 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure made in 7 nm was published in Q2/2022 for 1,099 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release date
Q2/2022
Launch Price
1,099 $ (Reference)
Structure size
7 nm
Part-no
11317-04-20G
Documents
data sheet
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure
1.925 GHz · 16 GB · 405 W TDP
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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 Rank 890 / 5,633

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    10,516
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    10,638

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 1,506 / 4,176

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    10,542
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    10,665

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Rank 1,490 / 3,536

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    3,976
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    4,022

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) Rank 505 / 3,187

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    66 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 931 / 3,190

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    77 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 858 / 3,222

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    117 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    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) Rank 703 / 2,190

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    41 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 820 / 2,709

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    78 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 658 / 2,843

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    135 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    132 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) Rank 475 / 4,595

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    124 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    122 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 178 / 4,594

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    205 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 472 / 4,601

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    205 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    200 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 Rank 853 / 5,255

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    175,931
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    171,649

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 494 / 5,233

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    180,826
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    176,425

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 41 / 750

  1. SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT PureSAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT Pure16 GB GDDR6
    245,842
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAverage of gpu group
    239,858

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