Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon R9 270
136%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6950
100%
Radeon R9 270
164%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 270 |
| 64% higher gaming performance. |
| 50 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 270
The Radeon R9 270 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
5710
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6950
29
Radeon R9 270
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6950
18
Radeon R9 270
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6950
28
Radeon R9 270
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 6950
22
Radeon R9 270
36
FPS (higher is better)