Radeon HD 7950 Boost vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
106%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
110%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
| 10% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 XT |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Boost
The Radeon HD 7950 Boost is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO2) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jun 2012 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
27.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
95.20 GT/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
240.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
3046.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
9130
Radeon HD 7870 XT
8590
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
53
Radeon HD 7870 XT
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
34
Radeon HD 7870 XT
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
61
Radeon HD 7870 XT
54
FPS (higher is better)