AMD Radeon E8950 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon HD 6950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 70.4 GTexel / s
- Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
- Around 82% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,252.8 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 5.3x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 500 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
- 4.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 16.999
- Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 899.056
- 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 1.659
- Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 49.698
- Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 251.203
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 29 September 2015 vs 14 December 2010 |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s vs 70.4 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1408 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops vs 2,252.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt vs 500 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 66.837 vs 16.999 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1369.722 vs 899.056 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.633 vs 1.659 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 65.836 vs 49.698 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 326.391 vs 251.203 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon E8950 | AMD Radeon HD 6950 |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 66.837 | 16.999 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1369.722 | 899.056 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.633 | 1.659 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 65.836 | 49.698 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 326.391 | 251.203 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2602 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 445 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 6105 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3652 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2523 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 11657 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3652 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2523 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 11657 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon E8950 | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | TeraScale 3 |
| Code name | Amethyst | Cayman |
| Launch date | 29 September 2015 | 14 December 2010 |
| Place in performance rating | 689 | 686 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
| Price now | $89.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 45.34 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops | 2,252.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 1408 |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s | 70.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,000 million | 2,640 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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