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).
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: 2793 vs 2534
- 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13791 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 | 2793 vs 2534 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 13791 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 366
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 366 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM | AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2793 | 2534 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 366 | 373 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 13791 | 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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | Tahiti | Barts |
Launch date | 8 January 2013 | 19 September 2011 |
Place in performance rating | 722 | 723 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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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 |