AMD Radeon HD 7610M vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7610M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7610M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 25x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 500 Watt
  • Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 479 vs 445
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2632 vs 2523
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2632 vs 2523
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2012 vs 14 December 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 479 vs 445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2632 vs 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2632 vs 2523

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

  • 7.8x more texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
  • 3.5x more pipelines: 1408 vs 400
  • 6.3x better floating-point performance: 2,252.8 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2602 vs 632
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6105 vs 5257
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3339
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3339
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 70.4 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 400
Floating-point performance 2,252.8 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2602 vs 632
Geekbench - OpenCL 6105 vs 5257
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 11657 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 11657 vs 3339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7610M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
632
2602
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
479
445
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5257
6105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2632
2523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2632
2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
11657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
11657
Name AMD Radeon HD 7610M AMD Radeon HD 6950
PassMark - G3D Mark 632 2602
PassMark - G2D Mark 479 445
Geekbench - OpenCL 5257 6105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2632 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2632 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 11657
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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3652
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7610M AMD Radeon HD 6950

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 3
Code name Whistler Cayman
Launch date 7 January 2012 14 December 2010
Place in performance rating 685 686
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 45.34

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 360.0 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 400 1408
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s 70.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 500 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 2,640 million
Boost clock speed 800 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire