Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon R7 265
120%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon R7 265
145%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6950 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 265 |
| 45% higher gaming performance. |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6950 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R7 265
The Radeon R7 265 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
5710
Radeon R7 265
6900
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6950
29
Radeon R7 265
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6950
18
Radeon R7 265
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6950
28
Radeon R7 265
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 6950
22
Radeon R7 265
31
FPS (higher is better)