AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 88.8 GTexel / s vs 38.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
2.3x better floating-point performance: 2,842 gflops vs 1,229 gflops

Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	88.8 GTexel / s vs 38.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2,842 gflops vs 1,229 gflops

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 185 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti	Tahiti
Launch date	31 January 2012	31 January 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,842 gflops	1,229 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	768
Texture fill rate	88.8 GTexel / s	38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5