AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6950 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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 HD 6950

NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.4x more texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
22x more pipelines: 1408 vs 64
10.8x better floating-point performance: 2,252.8 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2599 vs 658
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 December 2010 vs 10 March 2009
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 64
Floating-point performance	2,252.8 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2599 vs 658
PassMark - G2D Mark	442 vs 225

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2599

658

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

442

225

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6950	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2599	658
PassMark - G2D Mark	442	225
Geekbench - OpenCL	6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.203
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 HD 6950	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Tesla
Code name	Cayman	G94B
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	14 December 2010	10 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	708	710
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	45.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,252.8 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1408	64
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s	20.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	500 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	505 million
Core clock speed		650 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire