Radeon HD 7950 Boost vs Radeon R9 260 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 260 OEM |
| 115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7950 Boost . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 HD 7950 Boost
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon R9 260 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO2) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon R9 260 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon R9 260 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 85 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jun 2012 | vs | 21 Dec 2013 |
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 260 OEM
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
95.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 260 OEM
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
240.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 260 OEM
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
3046.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 260 OEM
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better