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AMD Radeon HD 7950
GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon HD 7950 based on its benchmarks and compute performance.
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Released January, 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7950
- 800 MHz
- 3 GB GDDR5
6.9 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (Feb, 2012)AMD's new Tahiti graphics processor introduces a new shader architecture, it is also the first GPU to be produced on a 28 nm process at TSMC.
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Released March, 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7870
- 1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
6.7 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (May, 2012)A maximum clock of 1260 MHz is the highest GPU clock we have ever seen in a TPU review, and is only matched by the ASUS HD 7870 Direct CU II.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 7950 vs 7870 among Desktop GPUs
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly higher memory bandwidth | 240 GB/s | vs | 153.6 GB/s | More than 55% higher memory bandwidth | |||
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| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 31,710 | vs | 23,592 | Around 35% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 9,290 | vs | 6,194 | Around 50% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| More memory | 3,072 MB | vs | 2,048 MB | 50% more memory | |||
| Better ocean surface simulation score | 1,606.28 frames/s | vs | 952.67 frames/s | Around 70% better ocean surface simulation score | |||
| More shading units | 1,792 | vs | 1,280 | 512 more shading units | |||
| More texture mapping units | 112 | vs | 80 | 32 more texture mapping units | |||
| Wider memory bus | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit | 50% wider memory bus | |||
| More compute units | 28 | vs | 20 | 8 more compute units | |||
| Slightly better cloud gate factor score | 20.6 | vs | 19.78 | Around 5% better cloud gate factor score | |||
| Slightly better PassMark direct compute score | 2,725 | vs | 2,360 | More than 15% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
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| Significantly better 3DMark06 score | 23,230 | vs | 16,730 | Around 40% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Much better manhattan score | 3,709.27 | vs | 1,857.58 | Around 2x better manhattan score | |||
| Higher clock speed | 1,000 MHz | vs | 800 MHz | 25% higher clock speed | |||
| Slightly higher battlefield 4 framerate | 43 | vs | 33.5 | Around 30% higher battlefield 4 framerate | |||
| Lower TDP | 175W | vs | 200W | Around 15% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 7950 vs 7870
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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