AMD Radeon E8950 vs AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 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.

AMD Radeon E8950

AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.2x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
3.2x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 33.836
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 506.712
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.01
Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 49.787
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 153.657

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 15 February 2012
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 125 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 153.657

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

33.836

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

506.712

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.01

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

49.787

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

153.657

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	153.657
PassMark - G3D Mark		2168
PassMark - G2D Mark		461
Geekbench - OpenCL		14263
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		14630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		711

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Amethyst	Cape Verde
Launch date	29 September 2015	15 February 2012
Place in performance rating	734	558
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	1,280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	640
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	40 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,500 million
Stream Processors		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		210 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync