AMD Radeon HD 7950 vs ATI Radeon HD 5830

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 and ATI Radeon HD 5830 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 Radeon HD 5830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 800 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 44.8 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1120
Around 60% better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 1,792.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	31 January 2012 vs 25 February 2010
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s vs 44.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1120
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops vs 1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 300 Watt
3.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5830

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7950	ATI Radeon HD 5830
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	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		1733
PassMark - G2D Mark		402

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7950	ATI Radeon HD 5830
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Cypress
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	31 January 2012	25 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	534	536
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz	800 MHz
Compute units	28
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	1120
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s	44.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	2,154 million
Core clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore