Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon HD 7950
AMD
Radeon RX 460
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7950
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 31 Jan 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon RX 460100%
- Radeon HD 7950112%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 460100%
- Radeon HD 7950116%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 460
- 125 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 Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7950
- 16% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 7950
The Radeon HD 7950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin PRO) | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 896 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 28 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 460 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | 31 Jan 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 46019.20 GP/s
- Radeon HD 795025.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 46067.20 GT/s
- Radeon HD 795089.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 460112.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7950240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 4602150.40 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 79502867.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon RX 4608080
- Radeon HD 79509130
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- Radeon RX 46027
- Radeon HD 795034
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon RX 46043
- Radeon HD 795049
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon RX 46032
- Radeon HD 795035
FPS (higher is better)