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: 2785 vs 2615
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13770 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 2785 vs 2615
Geekbench - OpenCL 13770 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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2785
2615
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
364
439
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
13770
6105
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
Name AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM AMD Radeon HD 6950
PassMark - G3D Mark 2785 2615
PassMark - G2D Mark 364 439
Geekbench - OpenCL 13770 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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

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

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire