The power consumption of the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT is specified by the manufacturer at 335 Watts (TGP) and is thus somewhat less power-hungry than the GeForce RTX 3090 (350 Watts).
Codename Navi Architecture Navi / RDNA2 Pipelines 5120 - unified TMUs 320 ROPs 128 Core Speed 1925 - 2324 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 18000 effective = 2250 MHz Memory Bus Width 256 Bit Memory Type GDDR6 Max. Amount of Memory 16 MB Shared Memory no Memory Bandwidth 576 GB/s API DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.5, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 2.1, Vulkan 1.3 Power Consumption 335 Watt Transistor Count 26.8 Billion Die Size 520 mm² technology 7 nm PCIe 4.0 Displays HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a Features DisplayPort 1.4 w/DFSC, HDMI 2.1 VRR, PCIe 4.0, Radeon Media Engine (H.264 4K150 decode, 4K90 encode / H.265 4K90 decode, 8K24, 4K60 encode / VP9 4K90. 8K24 decode) Date of Announcement 10.05.2022
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 19808 avg: 20857 median: 21340 (57%) max: 21424 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 92% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 21719 avg: 22276 median: 22289 (45%) max: 22821 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 98% 95% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 497297 avg: 634277 median: 634277 (64%) max: 771257 Points
GPU TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 64% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 377324 avg: 471054 median: 434725 (51%) max: 601113 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 63% 72%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 75370 avg: 82600 median: 84654 (80%) max: 87775 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 96% 86% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 206500 avg: 221615 median: 222478 (55%) max: 235866 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 94% 88%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 41646 avg: 45343 median: 46841 (71%) max: 47543 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 88% 99%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 57945 avg: 59236 median: 59672 (55%) max: 60092 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 99% 100% 96%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 395832 avg: 499232 median: 453222 (50%) max: 648642 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 61% 70%
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
min: 68986 avg: 82467 median: 89017 (84%) max: 89397 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 77% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
min: 154618 avg: 194471 median: 211120 (81%) max: 217674 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 71% 97%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 44827 avg: 53343 median: 52806 (64%) max: 62395 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 85% 72% 100%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 70480 avg: 76549 median: 73975 (57%) max: 85191 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 87% 83% 100%
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 107612 avg: 119918 median: 119918 (35%) max: 132224 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 81%
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 121105 avg: 132521 median: 132520 (72%) max: 143936 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 84%
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 59963 avg: 70383 median: 70383 (77%) max: 80803 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 74%
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + 3DMark 06
min: 51576 avg: 58459 median: 58458.5 (76%) max: 65341 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 79%
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 209.2 avg: 237.3 median: 239.4 (73%) max: 263.2 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 91% 79% 100%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom HIP *
SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 157 avg: 187.5 median: 187.5 (47%) max: 218 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 72%
specvp12 snx-02 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 49.4 avg: 52.9 median: 52.9 (8%) max: 56.4 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 88%
specvp12 showcase-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 264 avg: 286 median: 286 (50%) max: 308 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 86% 100%
specvp12 mediacal-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 58.3 avg: 76.8 median: 76.8 (20%) max: 95.2 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 61%
specvp12 maya-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 90.7 avg: 142.9 median: 142.9 (39%) max: 195 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 47%
specvp12 energy-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 23 avg: 28.7 median: 28.7 (26%) max: 34.3 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 67%
specvp12 creo-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 115 avg: 139 median: 139 (56%) max: 163 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 71%
specvp12 catia-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 199 avg: 283.5 median: 283.5 (47%) max: 368 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 54%
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
min: 418 avg: 451 median: 451 (68%) max: 484 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 86% 100%
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 210 avg: 232 median: 232 (62%) max: 254 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 83%
specvp13 snx-03 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 89.7 avg: 95.4 median: 95.4 (11%) max: 101 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 89%
specvp13 showcase-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 264 avg: 288 median: 288 (49%) max: 312 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 85% 100%
specvp13 medical-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
specvp13 maya-05 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 372 avg: 416 median: 416 (47%) max: 460 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 81%
specvp13 energy-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 60.3 avg: 60.6 median: 60.6 (20%) max: 60.8 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 99%
specvp13 creo-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 323 avg: 348.5 median: 348.5 (51%) max: 374 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 86%
specvp13 catia-05 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 450 avg: 519 median: 519 (58%) max: 588 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 77%
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 416 avg: 449.5 median: 449.5 (70%) max: 483 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 86% 100%
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
specvp2020 snx-04 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
min: 88.6 avg: 224.7 median: 98.4 (10%) max: 487 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 20% 18% 100%
specvp2020 medical-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
min: 34.4 avg: 47 median: 35 (22%) max: 71.6 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 49% 48% 100%
specvp2020 maya-06 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
min: 296 avg: 359.3 median: 315 (45%) max: 467 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 67% 63% 100%
specvp2020 energy-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
min: 47.6 avg: 75.3 median: 69.3 (10%) max: 109 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 64% 44% 100%
specvp2020 creo-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 4k
min: 73.1 avg: 111.5 median: 92.4 (41%) max: 169 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 55% 43% 100%
specvp2020 catia-06 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
min: 53 avg: 75.6 median: 59.7 (39%) max: 114 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 52% 46% 100%
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
min: 140 avg: 146.3 median: 144 (48%) max: 155 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 90% 93% 100%
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W Radeon RX 6950 XT 335 W 2454 / 2250 MHz 16 GB bc732 GB 2160
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W Radeon RX 6950 XT 335 W 2454 / 2250 MHz 16 GB bc732 GB 213
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Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU OpenCL
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W Radeon RX 6950 XT 335 W 2454 / 2250 MHz 16 GB 6.4.0 Pro32 GB 185357
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 GPU Vulkan
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio R7 9800X3D 162 W / 120 W Radeon RX 6950 XT 335 W 2454 / 2250 MHz 16 GB 6.4.0 Pro32 GB 122257
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 4173 avg: 4635 median: 4635 (17%) max: 5097 Samples/s
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 82% 100%
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 12057 avg: 22006 median: 22005.5 (39%) max: 31954 Samples/s
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 38% 100%
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 44434 avg: 44982 median: 44959 (37%) max: 45552 points
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 99% 98%
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 564 avg: 588 median: 595 (80%) max: 604 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 100% 129% 106%
0 35 70 105 140 175 210 245 280 315 350 385 420 455 490 525 560 595 630 665 Tooltip Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure: Ø564 (525-601)
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio: Ø595 (584-676)
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio: Ø604 (579-627)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 589 avg: 604 median: 610 (85%) max: 613 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W TDP 335 W 103% 123% 100%
0 35 70 105 140 175 210 245 280 315 350 385 420 455 490 525 560 595 Tooltip Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure: Ø591 (583-598)
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio: Ø610 (607-618)
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio: Ø613 (607-627)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Witcher 3 ultra
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Witcher 3 ultra external Monitor
min: 0.348 avg: 0.4 median: 0.4 (30%) max: 0.3705 fps per Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 325 W 100% 94%
Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio i9-14900K 253 W / 253 W Radeon RX 6950 XT 335 W 2454 / 2250 MHz 16 GB 32 GB 698
0 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 360 400 440 480 520 560 600 640 680 720 Tooltip MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio: Ø698 (609-747)
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.