Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 7950 Boost
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 760
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 25 Jun 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Jun 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 760100%
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost106%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 760105%
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 760
- 5% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7950 Boost
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 760
The GeForce GTX 760 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 | Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-225-A2) | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO2) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 28 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 | Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 760 | Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jun 2013 | 22 Jun 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 76023.50 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 76094.10 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost95.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 760192.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 7602258.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost3046.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 7608600
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost9130
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 76064
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost53
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 76039
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost34
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 76052
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost61
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 76054
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost53
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 76041
- Radeon HD 7950 Boost39
FPS (higher is better)