Radeon RX 6900 XT vs RSX Reality Synthesizer

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated21
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data29.85
Power efficiencyno data16.03
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRSX-CXD5302Navi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 October 2012 (12 years ago)28 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data5120
Core clock speed550 MHz1825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2250 MHz
Number of transistors302 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate13.20720.0
Floating-point processing powerno data23.04 TFLOPS
ROPs8128
TMUs24320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLES 1.14.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2012 28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 300 Watt

RSX Reality Synthesizer has 275% lower power consumption.

RX 6900 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RSX Reality Synthesizer and Radeon RX 6900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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