Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon HD 7950
Summary
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon HD 7950
159%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon HD 7950
147%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6950 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 |
| 47% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 7950
The Radeon HD 7950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (40 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon HD 7950 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 31 Jan 2012 |
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
5710
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
50.8
Radeon HD 7950
69.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
56.8
Radeon HD 7950
80.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
35.9
Radeon HD 7950
59.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6950
29
Radeon HD 7950
62
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
69.3
Radeon HD 7950
90.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
34.6
Radeon HD 7950
47.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
34.4
Radeon HD 7950
55.4
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6950
18
Radeon HD 7950
23
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
100.6
Radeon HD 7950
131
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
40.7
Radeon HD 7950
49.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
58.7
Radeon HD 7950
84
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
38.9
Radeon HD 7950
60.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
21.3
Radeon HD 7950
30
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
44.6
Radeon HD 7950
64.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
45.3
Radeon HD 7950
66.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
58.1
Radeon HD 7950
78.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
116.8
Radeon HD 7950
149.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
54.2
Radeon HD 7950
75.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
31.6
Radeon HD 7950
43.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
28.7
Radeon HD 7950
57.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
59.6
Radeon HD 7950
81.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
32.6
Radeon HD 7950
44.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
36.3
Radeon HD 7950
51.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
22.3
Radeon HD 7950
37.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
43.8
Radeon HD 7950
57.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
21.1
Radeon HD 7950
29.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
20.9
Radeon HD 7950
34.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
72
Radeon HD 7950
93.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
28.5
Radeon HD 7950
34.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
41.9
Radeon HD 7950
62.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
27
Radeon HD 7950
42.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
14.5
Radeon HD 7950
21.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
27.7
Radeon HD 7950
40.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
30.4
Radeon HD 7950
43.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
37.5
Radeon HD 7950
50
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
91.4
Radeon HD 7950
116.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
29.5
Radeon HD 7950
60.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
19.1
Radeon HD 7950
26.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
19.7
Radeon HD 7950
40.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
41.6
Radeon HD 7950
58.1
FPS (higher is better)