AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
216
139
123
90
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
217
190
143
76
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
302
211
152
81
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
173
157
134
86
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
130
108
83
46
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
194
183
133
91
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
133
115
97
58
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
148
130
90
41
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
237
213
166
84
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High194155
1080p Ultra161127
1440p Ultra12594
4K Ultra7355
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
21012
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy2155316983
Solar Bay8933564114
Port Royal112189710
Fire Strike5996239013
Night Raid163702155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
189857
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur382.1 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection259 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.93 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.39 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.48 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching824.3 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26538.1 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
28105
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark10541191
DirectX 11300 fps187 fps
DirectX 12114 fps57 fps
GPU Compute14668 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
305.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1405.7 fpsn/a
Car Chase1302.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1142.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex4325.2 fpsn/a
ALU 26842.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2287.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3895.6n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename Navi 21 Navi 44
Price 1099 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1860 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 5120 2048
TMUs 320 128
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units n/a 32
Ray Tracing Cores 80 32
Tensor Cores n/a 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 296 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 739 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 335 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2250 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
576 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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