Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon R7 260X
109%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon R7 260X
115%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R7 260X |
| 15% higher gaming performance. |
| 85 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6950 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R7 260X
The Radeon R7 260X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
5710
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6950
29
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6950
18
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6950
28
Radeon R7 260X
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 6950
22
Radeon R7 260X
26
FPS (higher is better)