$1250 AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT GPU Review & Benchmarks (Sapphire Nitro+ Pure)
16,700The AMD RX 6950 XT video card launched today. Sapphire sent an RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure for us to review. We're benchmarking it for power, thermals, gaming performance, and more.
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We have a tear-down of the Sapphire Nitro Pure coming up!
The RX 6950 XT draws a lot of power, but it does depend (to some extent) on which partner model you buy. The Sapphire Pure that we're looking at has heavier VBIOS power consumption than the AMD official spec, putting it close to 500W when overclocked. That's a lot of headroom, but also a lot of power, and ranks it alongside some of the more OC-focused NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti GPUs, like the EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3. In these benchmarks, we'll compare the Sapphire RX 6950 XT vs. the RTX 3090, RTX 3090 Ti, RX 6900 XT, and the cheaper RTX 3080 & RX 6800 XT alternatives.
We reviewed the RTX 3090 Ti here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWS9G2WT42Q
And the original RX 6900 XT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ITdex_JrBM
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Sapphire RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure Review
03:55 - Specs Comparison vs. RX 6900 XT
05:12 - Power Consumption for the 6950 XT
06:26 - GPU Thermals & Fan Speed
07:23 - GPU Frequency Behavior
07:43 - Total War Full Scaling Benchmarks (4K, 1440p, & 1080p)
10:06 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider (4K & 1440p)
11:21 - Vulkan Benchmarks (4K, 1440p, & 1080p)
12:58 - DirectX 12 Benchmarks in Red Dead Redemption 2
13:35 - Horizon: Zero Dawn (4K, 1440p, & 1080p)
14:41 - Rainbow Six Siege (4K & 1440p)
15:12 - Conclusion
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Host, Writing, Testing: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
Power Testing: Mike Gaglione
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman