AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 525 MHz
24.7x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
29.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2806 vs 95
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 372 vs 243

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2806 vs 95
PassMark - G2D Mark	372 vs 243

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2806

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

372

243

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	2806	95
PassMark - G2D Mark	372	243
Geekbench - OpenCL	13798
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
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tahiti	NV43 A2
Launch date	8 January 2013	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	707	714
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	525 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3