GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon HD 7790
Summary
GeForce GTX 950
138%
Radeon HD 7790
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 950
185%
Radeon HD 7790
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 |
| 85% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7790 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950
The GeForce GTX 950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon HD 7790 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 1024 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon HD 7790 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon HD 7790 | |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | vs | 85 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Aug 2015 | vs | 22 Mar 2013 |
GeForce GTX 950
32.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 7790
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
49.20 GT/s
Radeon HD 7790
56.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
105.80 GB/s
Radeon HD 7790
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
1572.90 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7790
1792.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
8490
Radeon HD 7790
6110
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 950
41
Radeon HD 7790
19
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 950
31
Radeon HD 7790
20
FPS (higher is better)