NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 94.1 billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 4.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3699
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3699
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 June 2013 vs 31 January 2012
Texture fill rate 94.1 billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3699

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1033 MHz
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1152
  • Around 21% better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 2,378 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • 5.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 14261
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.74 vs 37.505
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1177.395 vs 864.402
  • Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.685 vs 3.09
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 69.23 vs 40.457
  • 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 343.81 vs 84.186
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 6927
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 6927
  • Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1914 vs 1659
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Pipelines 1792 vs 1152
Floating-point performance 2,867 gflops vs 2,378 gflops
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 82144 vs 14261
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.74 vs 37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1177.395 vs 864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.685 vs 3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 69.23 vs 40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 343.81 vs 84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7988 vs 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7988 vs 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1914 vs 1659

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14261
82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.505
63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
864.402
1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.09
5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.457
69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.186
343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6927
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6927
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1659
1914
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7950
PassMark - G3D Mark 4803
PassMark - G2D Mark 532
Geekbench - OpenCL 14261 82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.505 63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 864.402 1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.09 5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.457 69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.186 343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6927 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6927 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1659 1914

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7950

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Tahiti
Launch date 25 June 2013 31 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $449
Place in performance rating 576 503
Price now $249.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 23.69
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1033 MHz 1250 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz
CUDA cores 1152
Floating-point performance 2,378 gflops 2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 1152 1792
Texture fill rate 94.1 billion / sec 89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 4,313 million
Compute units 28
Stream Processors 1792

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 267 mm
Minimum recommended system power 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.3 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 240 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
PhysX
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore