Radeon HD 7950 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Radeon R9 280X
120%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7950
100%
Radeon R9 280X
135%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 |
50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 280X |
35% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
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 | 2048 |
Compute Units | 28 | vs | 32 |
Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 112 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7950 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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TDP | 200 watts | vs | 250 watts |
Release Date | 31 Jan 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7950
62
Radeon R9 280X
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950
23
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7950
24
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950
36
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7950
35
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon HD 7950
34
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7950
49
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)