Radeon HD 7950 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
Radeon HD 7950
106%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
134%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 34% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7870 XT
The Radeon HD 7870 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) | 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 | 800 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | | 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 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 31 Jan 2012 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Radeon HD 7870 XT
8590
Points (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950
23
Radeon HD 7870 XT
31
FPS (higher is better)