PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB vs MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB and MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 KXTX AD103 (Ada Lovelace)
• Execution units
  80 76
• Shader
  5120 9728
• Render Output Units
  128 96
• Texture Units
  320 304

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Clock
  2.250 GHz 1.400 GHz
• Memory Speed
  18 Gbps 22.4 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  576 GB/s 736 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB and MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.925 GHz 2.205 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.435 GHz+ 5 % 2.640 GHz+ 5 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.226 GHz+ 5 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  335 W 320 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 90 °C
• PCIe-Power
  3 x 8-Pin 1 x 16-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB and MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 3 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1a
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  Addressable LED MSI Mystic Light

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  320 mm 336 mm
• Height
  135 mm 142 mm
• Width
  62 mm 78 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 2364 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X and PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q4/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 4 nm
• Part-no
  AXRX 6950 XT 16GBD6-3DHE/OC --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet