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AMD: The Radeon RX 6950 XT Offers 80% More FPS/$ and 22% Better FPS/Watt

AMD has made some bold claims about its upcoming Radeon RX 6×50 XT cards. Team Red has stated that its new flagship, the RX 6950 XT offers 80% more performance per dollar compared to NVIDIA’s RTX 3090. At the same time, it churns out 22% more frames per watt. This isn’t really hard to believe as the RTX 3080 costs a whopping $1,500 (~$1,600 market price) while drawing more than 400W under load. From what we’ve seen, the RDNA 2 graphics cards are almost always a bit more power-efficient than their GeForce counterparts. So that isn’t a surprise either.

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is another noteworthy mention. It is presently going for $400, roughly $100 more than the RTX 3060’s market price. As per AMD’s figures (1080p), it offers 54% more performance than the 3060 per $ while also delivering 35% higher frame rates per watt.

What AMD has failed to mention is that the ray-tracing performance of its Radeon RX 6000 (RDNA 2) parts is utter rubbish. The lack of a proper upscaling filter (comparable to DLSS) doesn’t help either, and it’ll be a while before FSR 2.0 gains proper traction. All in all, the newly launched Radeon RX 6×50 XT GPUs offer solid raster performance at or close to MSRPs, and the limited number of ray-traced titles on the market does well to mask their shortcomings.

Areej Syed

Processors, PC gaming, and the past. I have been writing about computer hardware for over seven years with more than 5000 published articles. Started off during engineering college and haven't stopped since. Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Divinity, Torment, Baldur's Gate and so much more... Contact: areejs12@hardwaretimes.com.
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