AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7610M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7610M 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 7610M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
11.5x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
4.5x more pipelines: 1792 vs 400
9.2x better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2817 vs 632
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13719 vs 5257
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 2632
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 2632

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 400
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2817 vs 632
Geekbench - OpenCL	13719 vs 5257
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 2632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 2632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 3339

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7610M

10x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 479 vs 374

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	479 vs 374

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7610M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2817

632

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

374

479

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

13719

5257

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

2632

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3339

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

2632

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3339

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7610M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2817	632
PassMark - G2D Mark	374	479
Geekbench - OpenCL	13719	5257
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
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	2632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	2632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	3339

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7610M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Whistler
Launch date	8 January 2013	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	682	685
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops	360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	400
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0