NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 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 770

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 134 billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 3,333 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 5.6x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2136 vs 1914
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2013 vs 31 January 2012
Texture fill rate 134 billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 3,333 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2136 vs 1914

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1085 MHz
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 17952
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.74 vs 49.824
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1177.395 vs 1089.67
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.685 vs 4.899
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 69.23 vs 44.06
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 343.81 vs 103.884
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 7412
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3340
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 7412
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Pipelines 1792 vs 1536
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 82144 vs 17952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.74 vs 49.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1177.395 vs 1089.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.685 vs 4.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 69.23 vs 44.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 343.81 vs 103.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7988 vs 7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7988 vs 7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17952
82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.824
63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1089.67
1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.899
5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
44.06
69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.884
343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7412
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3690
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7412
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3690
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2136
1914
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon HD 7950
PassMark - G3D Mark 5918
PassMark - G2D Mark 560
Geekbench - OpenCL 17952 82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.824 63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1089.67 1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.899 5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.06 69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.884 343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7412 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7412 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2136 1914

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon HD 7950

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Tahiti
Launch date 30 May 2013 31 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $449
Place in performance rating 534 536
Price now $449.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.45
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz 1250 MHz
Core clock speed 1046 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 3,333 gflops 2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 1536 1792
Texture fill rate 134 billion / sec 89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 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 10.5" (26.7 cm) 267 mm
Minimum recommended system power 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 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 224.3 GB / s 240 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

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