Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon HD 7950
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 950
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 20 Aug 2015
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7950
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 31 Jan 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 950100%
- Radeon HD 7950107%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 950100%
- Radeon HD 7950104%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 950
- 110 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 PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7950
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 28 |
| Core clock | 1024 MHz | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 950 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Aug 2015 | 31 Jan 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 95032.80 GP/s
- Radeon HD 795025.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 95049.20 GT/s
- Radeon HD 795089.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 950105.80 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7950240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 9501572.90 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 79502867.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 9508490
- Radeon HD 79509130
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 95022
- Radeon HD 795024
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 95041
- Radeon HD 795036
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 95031
- Radeon HD 795035
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX 95032
- Radeon HD 795034
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 95045
- Radeon HD 795049
FPS (higher is better)