GeForce GTX 760 X2 vs Radeon HD 8950 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 760 X2 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8950 OEM |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 760 X2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 760 X2
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 X2 | | Radeon HD 8950 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-425-A2) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 1006 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 X2 | | Radeon HD 8950 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 760 X2 | | Radeon HD 8950 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Nov 2013 | vs | 8 Jan 2013 |
GeForce GTX 760 X2
48.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 8950 OEM
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760 X2
193.20 GT/s
Radeon HD 8950 OEM
95.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760 X2
384.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 8950 OEM
240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 760 X2
4636.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 8950 OEM
3046.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better