GeForce GTX 780 vs Radeon HD 7950
Summary
GeForce GTX 780
150%
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 780
163%
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 |
| 63% higher gaming performance. |
| 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) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 780
The GeForce GTX 780 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 863 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 23 May 2013 | vs | 31 Jan 2012 |
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 780
79
Radeon HD 7950
62
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
55
Radeon HD 7950
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 780
36
Radeon HD 7950
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
73
Radeon HD 7950
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
47
Radeon HD 7950
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
52
Radeon HD 7950
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
68
Radeon HD 7950
49
FPS (higher is better)