Radeon RX 5900 XT and Radeon RX 6950 XT - video card comparison
Radeon RX 5900 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 21
Navi
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
May 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1735 MHz
2324 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
21,000 million
26,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4352
5120
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
335 Watt
Texture fill rate
471.9
743.7
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
672.0 GB/s
576.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
-
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
-
1.3