Radeon HD 7950 vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
Radeon HD 7950
132%
Radeon R7 265
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7950
116%
Radeon R7 265
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 |
| 16% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R7 265 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7950 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7950
The Radeon HD 7950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7950 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 31 Jan 2012 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Radeon R7 265
6900
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7950
62
Radeon R7 265
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950
23
Radeon R7 265
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950
36
Radeon R7 265
29
FPS (higher is better)