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 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2765 vs 2616
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13716 vs 6102
• 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

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

• Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 439 vs 366
• 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

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2765 2616
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	366 439
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	13716 6102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	40.311 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	795.334 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.328 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	64.205 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	181.508 251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4396 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3348 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4396 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3705 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3348 11657

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