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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB Specs, Benchmarks & Pricing

The AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT was released in May 2022 as a refreshed flagship GPU based on the RDNA 2 architecture (Navi 21 KXTX die). It features 80 compute units with 5,120 stream processors and 16GB of GDDR6 memory with faster 18 Gbps memory speed (compared to 16 Gbps on the RX 6900 XT), delivering 576 GB/s bandwidth. The card includes 80 first-generation ray tracing acceleration cores and 128MB of Infinity Cache to significantly boost effective memory bandwidth. Built on TSMC's 7nm process with a 520 mm² die containing 26.8 billion transistors, it delivers 23.65 TFLOPS of FP32 performance at a boost clock of 2,310 MHz. With a TDP of 335W (increased from 300W on the RX 6900 XT), the RX 6950 XT was designed as AMD's ultimate RDNA 2 gaming GPU, offering higher clocks and faster memory than the RX 6900 XT to compete with NVIDIA's RTX 3090 Ti in 4K gaming. The refresh included improved clock speeds across base (1,860 MHz), game (2,100 MHz), and boost (2,310 MHz) frequencies, making it the fastest RDNA 2 GPU for gaming workloads with DirectX 12 Ultimate support including hardware-accelerated ray tracing and variable rate shading.

Release Date: May 10, 2022
MSRP: $1,099 USD
GPU Architecture: RDNA 2
Hardware-Accelerated GEMM Operations:
FP64 FP32 TF32 BF16 FP16 FP8 FP4 INT8 INT4
CUDA Compute Capability : n/a

Strengths

Strong FurMark (GL) (4K) performance (top 23% of GPUs)
Strong FurMark (GL) (1080p) performance (top 16% of GPUs)

Specifications for AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Specification	Performance Ranking
FP32 TFLOPs	40th @ 23.65 TFLOPs (Entry Tier)(Entry)
FP16 TFLOPs	27th @ 47.31 TFLOPs (Entry Tier)(Entry)
Tensor Core Count	Data not available
Memory Capacity (GB)	60th @ 16 GB (Mid Tier)(Mid)
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)	47th @ 576 GB/s (Entry Tier)(Entry)
Int8 TOPs	Data not available
FP8 TFLOPs	Data not available
FP4 TFLOPs	Data not available

Gaming Benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Rankings based on 803,873 real-world benchmark results from OpenBenchmarking.org

Benchmark	Performance Ranking
FurMark (GL) (4K)	77th @ 105 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (GL) (1440p)	74th @ 200 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
FurMark (GL) (1080p)	84th @ 293 FPS (Top Tier)(Top)
FurMark (VK) (4K)	60th @ 91 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
FurMark (VK) (1440p)	70th @ 193 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)
FurMark (VK) (1080p)	68th @ 249 FPS (Mid Tier)(Mid)

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Price History

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Trend: Over this period, the lowest average price has been up 23.5%. The current lowest average is $555, compared to a typical $466 over the period. The lowest average price is calculated as the average of the three lowest-priced listings each day.

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Product Identifiers

Manufacturer Part Numbers (3)

AMD OPN: 100-438416
UPC: 727419314039
EAN: 0727419314039

Available from 6 Partners (12 products)

Sapphire

NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 16G GDDR6: 11317-02-20G(model number)
NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT PURE 16G GDDR6: 11317-04-20G(model number)
TOXIC AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT LE 16G GDDR6: 11317-01-20G(model number)

XFX

Speedster MERC 319 AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Black Gaming Graphics Card: RX-695XATBD9(model number)
Speedster ZERO AMD Radeon RX 6950XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition: RX-695XAWBD9(model number)

PowerColor

Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB GDDR6: AXRX 6950XT 16GBD6-3DHE/OC(model number)

ASUS

ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition 16GB GDDR6: ROG-STRIX-LC-RX6950XT-O16G-GAMING(model number)
TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Edition 16GB GDDR6: TUF-RX6950XT-O16G-GAMING(model number)

Gigabyte

Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING OC 16G: GV-R695XTGAMING-OC-16GD(model number)
AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G: GV-R695XTAORUSX-WB-16GD(model number)

ASRock

Radeon RX 6950 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC: RX6950XT PG 16GO(model number)
Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB: RX6950XT OCF 16GO(model number)

References

Notes

FP32 TFLOPS of 23.65 per TechPowerUp GPU Database, calculated as 5,120 stream processors × 2,310 MHz boost clock × 2 ops/cycle / 1,000,000
FP16 performance is 47.31 TFLOPS calculated at 2:1 ratio to FP32, which is standard for RDNA 2 architecture
Memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s calculated as 256-bit bus × 18 Gbps effective memory speed / 8
RDNA 2 architecture does not include dedicated AI accelerators or tensor cores (added in RDNA 3), so tensorCoreCount is null
supportedHardwareOperations is an empty array: RDNA 2 has no matrix/tensor-core (GEMM-accelerated) hardware path of any kind. Per AMD's own RDNA architecture technology page, the generational feature-comparison table's "AI Accelerators" row is blank for both the "RDNA" and "RDNA 2" columns and first shows "1st Gen" at "RDNA 3" -- confirmed independently by Wikipedia's RDNA 2 article, which makes no mention of AI accelerators or matrix-multiply hardware. RDNA 2's ray accelerator is a distinct fixed-function ray-intersection unit, unrelated to matrix/GEMM support. Sources: https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/rdna.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDNA_2
fp8TFLOPS and fp4TFLOPS are left null and intentionally NOT listed in unverifiedSpecs: this is a confirmed hardware negative rather than a research gap. RDNA 2 predates AMD's AI Accelerators/WMMA matrix engines entirely (introduced in RDNA 3), so no FP8 or FP4 matrix throughput exists on this architecture to report.
RDNA 2 CUs execute INT8 and INT4 operations via standard ALU/dot-product instructions, not a dedicated matrix or tensor core -- RDNA 2 predates AMD's AI Accelerators (WMMA), which were introduced in RDNA 3. AMD does not publish INT8 TOPS for consumer RDNA 2 GPUs, so int8TOPS is null. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDNA_2, https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/rdna.html
The 128MB Infinity Cache significantly improves effective memory bandwidth beyond the raw 576 GB/s specification
Built on TSMC 7nm process with 520 mm² die size containing 26.8 billion transistors
Released as a refresh of the RX 6900 XT with higher clocks (2,310 MHz vs 2,250 MHz boost), faster memory (18 Gbps vs 16 Gbps), and higher TDP (335W vs 300W)
MSRP of $1,099 USD verified from multiple sources including PC Gamer, VideoCardz, and NotebookCheck at launch on May 10, 2022
AMD Ordering Part Number (OPN) 100-438416 is the reference card identifier sourced from PCPartPicker and multiple retailers including Micro Center and SCAN UK
UPC 727419314039 and EAN 0727419314039 sourced from Lambda-Tek and SCAN UK product listings for the AMD reference card
Sapphire NITRO+ model 11317-02-20G sourced from Sapphire official product page and verified at Amazon, Newegg, and Micro Center
Sapphire NITRO+ PURE model 11317-04-20G sourced from Sapphire official product page and verified at Amazon
Sapphire TOXIC LE model 11317-01-20G sourced from Sapphire Global official product page
XFX Speedster MERC 319 model RX-695XATBD9 sourced from XFX official product page and verified at Best Buy, Amazon, and PCPartPicker
XFX Speedster ZERO EKWB model RX-695XAWBD9 sourced from XFX official product page
PowerColor Red Devil model AXRX 6950XT 16GBD6-3DHE/OC sourced from PowerColor official product page and verified at Newegg and PCPartPicker
ASUS ROG Strix LC model ROG-STRIX-LC-RX6950XT-O16G-GAMING sourced from ASUS ROG official product page
ASUS TUF Gaming model TUF-RX6950XT-O16G-GAMING sourced from ASUS official product page and verified at Newegg
Gigabyte Gaming OC model GV-R695XTGAMING-OC-16GD sourced from Gigabyte official product page and verified at Newegg
Gigabyte AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE model GV-R695XTAORUSX-WB-16GD sourced from Gigabyte official product page
MSI Gaming X Trio model RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G sourced from MSI official product page and verified at Newegg and Tom's Hardware
ASRock Phantom Gaming model RX6950XT PG 16GO sourced from ASRock Phantom Gaming official product page and verified at Newegg and PCPartPicker
ASRock OC Formula identifier RX6950XT OCF 16GO inferred from ASRock naming convention (OC Formula product page does not display full model number but follows standard ASRock format)