AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 and AMD Radeon HD 6950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 Vega 2

AMD Radeon HD 6950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	7 Jan 2018 vs 14 December 2010
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

11x more pipelines: 1408 vs 128
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 437 vs 244
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2613 vs 506
Around 91% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6114 vs 3208

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1408 vs 128
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	437 vs 244
PassMark - G3D Mark	2613 vs 506
Geekbench - OpenCL	6114 vs 3208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

437

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

506

2613

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3208

6114

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2	AMD Radeon HD 6950
PassMark - G2D Mark	244	437
PassMark - G3D Mark	506	2613
Geekbench - OpenCL	3208	6114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		11657
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2	AMD Radeon HD 6950
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale 3
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Cayman
Launch date	7 Jan 2018	14 December 2010
Place in performance rating	949	707
Type	Laptop	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	1100 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	1408
Transistor count	4500 million	2,640 million
Floating-point performance		2,252.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		70.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		500 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	11
OpenGL		4.4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire