Radeon RX 470 vs Radeon HD 7950
Summary
Radeon RX 470
182%
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 470
152%
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 470 |
52% higher gaming performance. |
80 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7950 . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports FreeSync |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports TrueAudio |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 RX 470
The Radeon RX 470 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 470 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
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GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 4,313 million |
Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1792 |
Compute Units | 32 | vs | 28 |
Core clock | 926 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 128 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 470 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 470 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
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TDP | 120 watts | vs | 200 watts |
Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 31 Jan 2012 |
Radeon RX 470
38.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
154.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
211.20 GB/s
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
4940.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
16690
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 470
53
Radeon HD 7950
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 470
76
Radeon HD 7950
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 470
51
Radeon HD 7950
35
FPS (higher is better)