AMD Radeon HD 7950 vs ATI FireGL V7350

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 and ATI FireGL V7350 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7950

ATI FireGL V7350

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
9.3x more texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	31 January 2012 vs 1 October 2005
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7350

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 111 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	111 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7950
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7350

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7950	ATI FireGL V7350
Geekbench - OpenCL	82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1914
PassMark - G3D Mark		111
PassMark - G2D Mark		344

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7950	ATI FireGL V7350
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Tahiti	R520
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	31 January 2012	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$1,599
Place in performance rating	503	500
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Compute units	28
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1792
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	111 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	321 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	41.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore