GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon HD 7950
Summary
GeForce GTX 970
172%
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 970
169%
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| 69% higher gaming performance. |
| 52 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) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970
The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1664 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 13 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 1050 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 56 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 104 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| TDP | 148 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 31 Jan 2012 |
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 970
40
Radeon HD 7950
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 970
73
Radeon HD 7950
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 970
55
Radeon HD 7950
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 970
55
Radeon HD 7950
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 970
79
Radeon HD 7950
49
FPS (higher is better)