GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon HD 7950
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060
190%
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1060
192%
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| 92% 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 PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GTX 1060
The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 31 Jan 2012 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
17380
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
73
Radeon HD 7950
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
90
Radeon HD 7950
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
63
Radeon HD 7950
35
FPS (higher is better)