GeForce 9800 GX2 vs Radeon HD 6950
Summary
GeForce 9800 GX2
100%
Radeon HD 6950
220%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GX2 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6950 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 120% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6950
The Radeon HD 6950 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | Radeon HD 6950 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-450-A2) | vs | Cayman (Cayman PRO) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 389 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 2,640 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 1408 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 88 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | Radeon HD 6950 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | Radeon HD 6950 | |
|---|
| TDP | 197 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Mar 2008 | vs | 14 Dec 2010 |
GeForce 9800 GX2
19.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
76.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
128.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
768.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
2590
Radeon HD 6950
5710
Points (higher is better)