AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
39.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8001 vs 202
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 725 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	926 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8001 vs 202
PassMark - G2D Mark	725 vs 413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 154.4 GTexel / s
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 120 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 154.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8001

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

725

413

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	8001	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	725	413
Geekbench - OpenCL	33840
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3675

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Ellesmere	G71
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	5 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$599
Place in performance rating	384	382
Price now	$109.99	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	100.00	4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	270 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore