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: 2785 vs 2534
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13770 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 13770 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
13770
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 13770 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 719 720
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