AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 2x 1,536.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 254 Watt
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4200 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2785 vs 2534
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13773 vs 3977
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.328 vs 0.789

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 800 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops vs 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 254 Watt
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2785 vs 2534
Geekbench - OpenCL	13773 vs 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.328 vs 0.789

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

2.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 103.6 GTexel / s
Around 7% higher pipelines: 2x 960 vs 1792
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 3 GB
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 364

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 103.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 960 vs 1792
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 364

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2785

2534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

364

373

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

13773

3977

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.328

0.789

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2785	2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	364	373
Geekbench - OpenCL	13773	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.328	0.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Barts
Launch date	8 January 2013	19 September 2011
Place in performance rating	720	721
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	2x 960
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5