Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
AMD
Radeon HD 6950
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 14 Dec 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 15 Feb 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 6950136%
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 6950149%
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6950
- 49% higher gaming performance.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
- 120 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6950 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 6950
The Radeon HD 6950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (40 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | Cape Verde (Cape Verde XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | 640 |
| Compute Units | 22 | 10 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 88 | 40 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | 80 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | 15 Feb 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 695025.60 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 695070.40 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition40.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 6950160.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 69502253.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition1280.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 69505710
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition4170
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Alan Wake
- Radeon HD 695050.8
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition32.2
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- Radeon HD 695056.8
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition34.9
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- Radeon HD 695035.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition27.1
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- Radeon HD 695069.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition41.1
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- Radeon HD 695034.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition21.9
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- Radeon HD 695034.4
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition26.3
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- Radeon HD 695018
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition17
FPS (higher is better)
Diablo III
- Radeon HD 6950100.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition54.2
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- Radeon HD 695040.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition24.2
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- Radeon HD 695058.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition41.3
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- Radeon HD 695038.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition31.6
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 695028
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition22
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- Radeon HD 695021.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition12.6
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- Radeon HD 695044.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition30.4
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- Radeon HD 695045.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition28.9
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Radeon HD 695058.1
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition36.9
FPS (higher is better)
StarCraft II
- Radeon HD 6950116.8
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition84.9
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- Radeon HD 695054.2
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition36.7
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- Radeon HD 695031.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition19.8
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- Radeon HD 695028.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition27.3
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Radeon HD 695059.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition42.7
FPS (higher is better)
Alan Wake
- Radeon HD 695032.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition19.6
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- Radeon HD 695036.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition21.2
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- Radeon HD 695022.3
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition16.2
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- Radeon HD 695043.8
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition24.9
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- Radeon HD 695021.1
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition13.2
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- Radeon HD 695020.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition15.5
FPS (higher is better)
Diablo III
- Radeon HD 695072
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition39
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- Radeon HD 695028.5
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition16.3
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- Radeon HD 695041.9
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition29.2
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- Radeon HD 695027
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition21
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- Radeon HD 695014.5
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition9.2
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- Radeon HD 695027.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition17.5
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- Radeon HD 695030.4
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition18.1
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Radeon HD 695037.5
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition22.7
FPS (higher is better)
StarCraft II
- Radeon HD 695091.4
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition61.1
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- Radeon HD 695029.5
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition26.3
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- Radeon HD 695019.1
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition11.8
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- Radeon HD 695019.7
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition18.2
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Radeon HD 695041.6
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition27.9
FPS (higher is better)