Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon HD 7970
Summary
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon HD 7970
188%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon HD 7970
176%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6950 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 |
| 76% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7970
The Radeon HD 7970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (42 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) |
| 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 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 22 Dec 2011 |
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
5710
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
50.8
Radeon HD 7970
83.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
56.8
Radeon HD 7970
92.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
35.9
Radeon HD 7970
71.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6950
29
Radeon HD 7970
67
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
69.3
Radeon HD 7970
74.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
34.6
Radeon HD 7970
55.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
34.4
Radeon HD 7970
64.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6950
18
Radeon HD 7970
40
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
100.6
Radeon HD 7970
153.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
40.7
Radeon HD 7970
60.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
58.7
Radeon HD 7970
99.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
38.9
Radeon HD 7970
71.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6950
28
Radeon HD 7970
60
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
21.3
Radeon HD 7970
34.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 6950
22
Radeon HD 7970
43
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
44.6
Radeon HD 7970
77.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
45.3
Radeon HD 7970
79.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
58.1
Radeon HD 7970
94
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
116.8
Radeon HD 7970
168.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
54.2
Radeon HD 7970
79.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
31.6
Radeon HD 7970
53.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
28.7
Radeon HD 7970
68.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
59.6
Radeon HD 7970
94.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
32.6
Radeon HD 7970
59.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
36.3
Radeon HD 7970
59.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
22.3
Radeon HD 7970
45.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
43.8
Radeon HD 7970
66.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
21.1
Radeon HD 7970
34.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
20.9
Radeon HD 7970
40.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
72
Radeon HD 7970
111.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
28.5
Radeon HD 7970
42.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
41.9
Radeon HD 7970
74.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
27
Radeon HD 7970
49.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
14.5
Radeon HD 7970
23.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
27.7
Radeon HD 7970
48.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
30.4
Radeon HD 7970
53.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
37.5
Radeon HD 7970
60.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
91.4
Radeon HD 7970
136.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
29.5
Radeon HD 7970
69.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
19.1
Radeon HD 7970
32.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
19.7
Radeon HD 7970
48.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
41.6
Radeon HD 7970
67
FPS (higher is better)