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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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GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 7950 vs 7870 XT among Desktop GPUs
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 6.4 | Overall Score |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher memory bandwidth | 240 GB/s | vs | 192 GB/s | 25% higher memory bandwidth | |||
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| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 31,710 | vs | 27,700 | Around 15% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| More memory | 3,072 MB | vs | 2,048 MB | 50% more memory | |||
| Wider memory bus | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit | 50% wider memory bus | |||
| More shading units | 1,792 | vs | 1,536 | 256 more shading units | |||
| More texture mapping units | 112 | vs | 96 | 16 more texture mapping units | |||
| Slightly more compute units | 28 | vs | 24 | 4 more compute units | |||
| Slightly better cloud gate factor score | 20.6 | vs | 19.76 | Around 5% better cloud gate factor score | |||
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| Better 3DMark06 score | 20,070 | vs | 16,730 | Around 20% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Higher clock speed | 925 MHz | vs | 800 MHz | More than 15% higher clock speed | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 6,000 MHz | vs | 5,000 MHz | 20% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,500 MHz | vs | 1,250 MHz | 20% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Higher battlefield 3 framerate | 72 | vs | 64 | Around 15% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 7950 vs 7870 XT
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Ocean surface simulation 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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