AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6950
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 6950 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 70.4 GTexel / s
- Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
- Around 47% better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 2,252.8 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 500 Watt
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- 4x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2789 vs 2608
- 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13773 vs 6105
- 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.311 vs 16.999
- 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.328 vs 1.659
- Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.205 vs 49.698
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4396 vs 3652
- Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 2523
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4396 vs 3652
- Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 2523
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 8 January 2013 vs 14 December 2010 |
Boost clock speed | 925 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 103.6 GTexel / s vs 70.4 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1792 vs 1408 |
Floating-point performance | 3,315 gflops vs 2,252.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt vs 500 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2789 vs 2608 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 13773 vs 6105 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.311 vs 16.999 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.328 vs 1.659 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.205 vs 49.698 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4396 vs 3652 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3705 vs 2523 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4396 vs 3652 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3705 vs 2523 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950
- Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 439 vs 364
- Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 899.056 vs 795.334
- Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 181.508
- 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3348
- 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3348
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 439 vs 364 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 899.056 vs 795.334 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 251.203 vs 181.508 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 11657 vs 3348 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 11657 vs 3348 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM | AMD Radeon HD 6950 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2789 | 2608 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 364 | 439 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 13773 | 6105 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.311 | 16.999 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.334 | 899.056 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.328 | 1.659 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.205 | 49.698 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 181.508 | 251.203 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4396 | 3652 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3705 | 2523 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 | 11657 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4396 | 3652 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3705 | 2523 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 | 11657 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale 3 |
Code name | Tahiti | Cayman |
Launch date | 8 January 2013 | 14 December 2010 |
Place in performance rating | 719 | 721 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
Price now | $89.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 45.34 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | 800 MHz |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 3,315 gflops | 2,252.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 1792 | 1408 |
Texture fill rate | 103.6 GTexel / s | 70.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | 500 Watt |
Transistor count | 4,313 million | 2,640 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 240.0 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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