AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition videocard review

Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition videocard released by AMD; release date: 7 March 2013. 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.

Core clock speed - 800 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) - 200 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3 GB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 240.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

67.802 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

1230.769 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

81.680 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

370.179 mHash/s

Name	Value
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	67.802 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	1230.769 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	81.680 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	370.179 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti
Launch date	7 March 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	666
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5