AMD Radeon Sky 500 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Sky 500 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 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 Sky 500

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• 2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
• 3.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.633 vs 69.23
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5116 vs 3359
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5116 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

• Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
• Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
• Around 18% better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
• Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 74902
• Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.74 vs 54.669
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1177.395 vs 1096.68
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.685 vs 5.352
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 343.81 vs 247.642
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 3585
• Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2116
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 3585
• Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2116

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Sky 500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	74902 82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	54.669 63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1096.68 1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.352 5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	89.633 69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	247.642 343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3585 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2116 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5116 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3585 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2116 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5116 3359

Compare specifications (specs)