NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 and AMD Radeon HD 6950 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 800 MHz
• Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 94.1 billion / sec vs 70.4 GTexel / s
• Around 6% better floating-point performance: 2,378 gflops vs 2,252.8 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 500 Watt
• 4.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4803 vs 2602
• Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 445
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14261 vs 6105
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.505 vs 16.999
• Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.09 vs 1.659
• Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6927 vs 3652
• Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 2523
• Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6927 vs 3652
• Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 2523

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

• Around 22% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1152
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 899.056 vs 864.402
• Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.698 vs 40.457
• 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 84.186
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3357
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4803 2602
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	532 445
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	14261 6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	37.505 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	864.402 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.09 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	40.457 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	84.186 251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6927 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3718 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6927 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3718 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 11657

Compare specifications (specs)