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Graphics card overview

Radeon HD 7950

AMD

Radeon HD 7950

3072 Mb GDDR5 Released 31 Jan 2012 DESKTOP
Radeon HD 7950

Core configuration

GPUTahiti
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1792 : 112 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance2867.00 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 is a graphics card released by AMD on 31 Jan 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 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050 Compare Radeon RX 460 Radeon RX 460 Compare GeForce GTX 950 GeForce GTX 950 Compare Radeon R9 380 Radeon R9 380 Compare
Shader units 1792 640 896 768 1792
ROPs 32 32 16 32 32
Graphics processor Tahiti GP107 Baffin GM206 Antigua
Process size 28 nm 14 nm 14 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 384 bit 128 bit 128 bit 128 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 240.00 Gb/s 112.10 Gb/s 112.00 Gb/s 105.80 Gb/s 176.00 Gb/s
Release date 31 Jan 2012 25 Oct 2016 29 Jun 2016 20 Aug 2015 18 Jun 2015

Benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1050 58
  • Radeon R9 380 54
  • Radeon HD 7950 49
  • GeForce GTX 950 45
  • Radeon RX 460 43

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon R9 380 40
  • GeForce GTX 1050 39
  • Radeon HD 7950 35
  • Radeon RX 460 32
  • GeForce GTX 950 31

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 380 35
  • Radeon HD 7950 34
  • GeForce GTX 950 32
  • Radeon RX 460 27

FPS (higher is better)