AMD Radeon HD 7950 videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 7950

Radeon HD 7950 videocard released by AMD; release date: 31 January 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $449. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tahiti.

Boost clock speed - 1250 MHz. Texture fill rate - 89.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1792. Floating-point performance - 2,867 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 300 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3 GB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1250 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 240 GB/s.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
63.740 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1177.395 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
5.685 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
69.230 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
343.810 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
7988 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3699 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3359 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
7988.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3699.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3359.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1914
Name Value
Geekbench - OpenCL 82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 63.740 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1177.395 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 5.685 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 69.230 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 343.810 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 7988 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3699 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3359 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 7988.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3699.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3359.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1914

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Tahiti
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date 31 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $449
Place in performance rating 534
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1250 MHz
Compute units 28
Floating-point performance 2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1792
Stream Processors 1792
Texture fill rate 89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore