Specification parameters
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTh
Acceleration frequency: 2324 MHz
Gaming frequency: 2116MHz
Streaming processor : 5120
Video memory capacity: 16 GB/GDDR6
Video memory frequency : 18000 MHz
Auxiliary power supply: 8Pin×3
Output interface: DP 1.4a×2, HDMI 2.1×2
Reference price: 8399 yuan
At the beginning of 2021 AMD released the Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card, successfully returning to the flagship graphics card market, giving top fever players a brand new choice. Now more than a year later, with the maturity of the 7nm process, the potential for the RDNA2 architecture can also be tapped to the extreme. Recently, AMD launched the new Radeon RX 6X50 XT series graphics card, and the flagship model is the new Radeon RX 6950 XT. We got the Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G graphics card at the first time. Where have they been improved and how much has the performance been improved?
represents the highest level of workmanship materials for A card
Compared with the previously launched Gigabyte RX 6900 XT Magic Eagle 16G, the new Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G has been upgraded mainly in terms of core/visual memory frequency and cooling configuration. Specifically, thanks to the maturity of the process, the newly released Radeon RX 6950 XT GPU will have a better physique and can further improve the frequency, so the product has a higher 2324 MHz acceleration frequency and 2116MHz gaming frequency. Although the Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G is still equipped with a 16GB GDDR6 video memory configuration, the video memory frequency has been increased to 18000MHz, making the video memory bandwidth a higher 576GB/s. Higher frequency means better performance in the game.
At the same time, the Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G adopts the familiar Wind Power three fan cooling system. On the basis of using fan bearings, composite heat pipes, forward and reverse function, and 3D intelligent start and stop fan technology containing nanographene lubricating oil, the size of the three fans has been upgraded from 80mm to 100mm. The larger-sized fans have lower noise under the same air volume; the number of composite heat pipes has been increased from 6 to 8, and the base has also been upgraded from a large copper plate to a heat conduction pipe, which has higher heat conduction efficiency; an air intake grille design is also added to the back plate of the graphics card, allowing part of the airflow to directly penetrate the heat dissipation fin of the graphics card, further improving the heat dissipation performance of the graphics card. The LOGO RGB light on the side of
product supports 16.77 million colors, with high brightness, uniform colors and natural changes. You can set colors, lighting modes, etc. through software, and you can also synchronize the lighting with other AORUS products that support RGB Fusion 2.0 to experience uniform lighting effects. The full-size backplate of
graphics card is made of higher hardness metal material, and the surface is added with beautiful geometric texture, which can provide solid protection for the graphics card while increasing the appearance and class of the graphics card.
In terms of workmanship and materials, Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G is also fully worthy of the positioning of flagship graphics cards. The product adopts a digital power supply design. MOSFET has added over-temperature protection design and load balancing, which can effectively reduce the working temperature of the MOSFET. In addition, long-life solid-state capacitor , alloy inductor
and low-resistance transistors and other durable materials can easily meet the power supply needs of graphics card operation, provide strong graphics card performance and longer service life.
Gigabyte RX 6950 XT The PCB of the Magic Eagle 16G graphics card is made of the fully automated process . While improving the product quality, it also eliminates the sharp bumps left by traditional manual welding on the surface of the PCB, allowing players to no longer worry about cutting their fingers when installing the new card, and can also avoid damage to components due to improper grip.
Finally, Gigabyte RX 6950 XT The back of the Magic Eagle 16G provides 2 DP 1.4a interfaces and 2 HDMI 2.1 interfaces, which can fully meet the connection needs of enthusiasts for various equipment.
performance test: top performance release, easily surpass RTX 3090
test platform
graphics card: Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G
RTX 3090
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER
Memory: Gigabyte AORUS DDR4 3600 8GB×2
Hard disk: Gigabyte Black Eagle NVMe Gen4 1TB
Power supply: Gigabyte AP850GM
Operating system: Windows 10 As a flagship-positioned graphics card, in order to fully release its super performance, we chose the 16-core flagship processor Ryzen 9 5950X, Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER, dual-channel Gigabyte AORUS DDR4 3600 8GB memory and other hardware to match the Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G. There is no bottleneck in the processor, memory and other hardware. In order to give everyone a clearer understanding of the performance of Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G, we also introduced an RTX 3090 for comparison.
In addition, as long as it is a Ryzen 3000 or above processor + 500 series motherboard + Radeon RX 6000 graphics card, the SAM video memory smart access technology can be enabled in the driver, allowing the processor to access all video memory, and achieve the effect of improving frame rate in some games. During the test, we chose to turn on this feature to enable the graphics card to achieve the best performance. You can see the SAM opening situation from the AMD driver control panel.
3DMark benchmark
in 3DMark benchmark
is still very obvious. Relatively speaking, FireStrike Extreme and FireStrike Ultra based on DX11 have greater advantages. The Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G scores are 19% and 17%, which is almost one level higher. In the DX12-based TimeSpy and TimeSpy Extreme projects, Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G also led by 8% and 2%, and still led by RTX 3090.
As for the results of the Port Royal ray tracing test, although the Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Demon Eagle 16G is obviously behind in terms of results, can it turn the tables in actual games? Let's keep it a secret here, and you'll understand after reading it down.
1440P game test
Considering that Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G is positioned as the flagship, we directly gave up the 1080P resolution in the actual game test and started testing from 1440P resolution.
In most games tested, Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G has advantages in performance. Among them, "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla" has the highest lead, reaching 36%, while " Far Cry 6", "Cyberpunk 2077", "Monster Hunter: World", "Tomb Raider: Shadow", "Watch Dogs: Legion" and other games have a lead ranging from 2% to 7%.
4K gaming test
When we increase the resolution to 4K, the requirements for graphics card performance have been greatly improved. In most games, Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G can guarantee an average frame rate of 60fps or above, which means the picture is absolutely smooth. In terms of specific results, the Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G still maintains the lead overall. "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla" still has the highest lead, reaching 20%. "Far Cry 6", "Monster Hunter: World", "Galaxy Breaker" and other games have a lead of between 3% and 6%. There are also two graphics cards, "Tomb Raider" and "Watch Dogs: Legion" that tied. Even if it is a game with a frame rate that is behind, the gap is only a few frames, and it has almost no impact on the game experience.
In general, in the conventional rasterized game testing part, Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G can easily meet the gaming needs of relatively high resolutions such as 1440P and 4K. Even at 4K resolution and high picture quality, most single-player masterpieces can obtain an average frame rate of more than 60fps, and the picture is very smooth. Compared to the RTX 3090, the Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G has certain advantages in most games.
ray tracing performance test
Although in the benchmark test based on ray tracing, the performance of Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G is a certain gap compared with its competitors. However, in actual game tests, we can see that after ray tracing is turned on, the frame speed of the picture has dropped significantly.Even so, in "Far Cry 6", even if FSR is not enabled, the performance of Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G is slightly lower than the RTX 3090 at 1440P resolution, and is better than the opponent at 4K resolution.
If the FSR super quality is enabled, the performance of both games, "Far Cry 6" and "Galaxy Breaker", is ahead of the opponent in all aspects. In "Cyberpunk 2077", the Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G is only a few frames behind. It can be said that the performance of the two is at the same level.
In general, Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G does not have that big disadvantage in ray tracing games. The actual performance can meet the needs of smooth operation. After turning on FSR black technology, the game frame rate can be further greatly improved. Using the A card is not a problem to want exquisite graphics and smooth control.
power consumption temperature test: It is so "calm" at such high frequency
We use FurMark to make the graphics card run at full load. Generally speaking, the maximum frequency of the graphics card will be low when taking the machine. However, from the data monitored by GPU-Z, we can see that the maximum frequency of Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G reaches 2313MHz, which is a very high frequency. In this state, the maximum temperature of GPU is only 70℃, and the maximum speed of the fan is only 51%, which is very quiet. It has such excellent heat dissipation performance, and the upgrade of the Wind Power three-fan cooling system used to make a contribution. In the test machine state, the maximum power of the graphics card reaches 291W. What is the maximum frequency of the graphics card when running a game? We tried to use GPU-Z to monitor the frequency when running 3DMark TimeSpy. The maximum frequency of Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G reached 2531MHz, which is higher than the maximum frequency nominal parameter. It can be seen that the GPU of RNDA2 is quite excellent after the process improvement.
Summary: The ultimate choice for creating a high-performance 3A gaming platform
As the latest flagship product of A card, it has improved technology and better GPU physique Gigabyte RX 6950 XT Magic Eagle 16G has improved the core frequency and video memory frequency, and has better performance in the game, reaching the peak of performance of A card at the moment. In order to cope with the high requirements for high frequency power supply and heat dissipation of graphics cards, the graphics cards have been upgraded accordingly in terms of materials, workmanship and heat dissipation configuration, which greatly exceeds the public version of the products. An excellent graphics card like
has a current guide price of only 8,399 yuan, and is more competitive than competitors in terms of price, which is very suitable for top fever players to choose.
