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Radeon HD 7950 Boost

AMD

Radeon HD 7950 Boost

3072 Mb GDDR5 Released 22 Jun 2012 DESKTOP
Radeon HD 7950 Boost

Core configuration

GPUTahiti
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1792 : 112 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance3046.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size3072 Mb
Memory Bus Width384 bit
Memory Speed1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth240.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 7950 Boost is a graphics card released by AMD on 22 Jun 2012. The graphics card houses the Tahiti die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 4,313 million transistors on a 28 nm, 352 mm² die.

Radeon HD 7950 Boost pros and cons

  • 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon HD 7950 Boost Radeon HD 7950 Boost Radeon R9 270 Radeon R9 270 Compare Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 270X Compare GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 760 Compare Radeon HD 7870 XT Radeon HD 7870 XT Compare
Shader units 1792 1280 1280 1152 1536
ROPs 32 32 32 32 32
Graphics processor Tahiti Curacao Curacao GK104 Tahiti
Process size 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 240.00 Gb/s 179.00 Gb/s 179.00 Gb/s 192.00 Gb/s 192.00 Gb/s
Release date 22 Jun 2012 13 Nov 2013 8 Oct 2013 25 Jun 2013 19 Nov 2012

Benchmarks

Hitman Absolution

  • Radeon HD 7950 Boost 61
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT 54
  • Radeon R9 270X 52
  • GeForce GTX 760 52
  • Radeon R9 270 51

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

  • GeForce GTX 760 54
  • Radeon HD 7950 Boost 53
  • Radeon R9 270X 48
  • Radeon R9 270 43

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

  • GeForce GTX 760 64
  • Radeon HD 7950 Boost 53
  • Radeon R9 270X 52
  • Radeon R9 270 51
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT 49

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

  • GeForce GTX 760 41
  • Radeon HD 7950 Boost 39
  • Radeon R9 270X 38
  • Radeon R9 270 36

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • GeForce GTX 760 39
  • Radeon HD 7950 Boost 34
  • Radeon R9 270X 33
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT 31
  • Radeon R9 270 31

FPS (higher is better)