NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs AMD Radeon HD 7950
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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 960A
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- 4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
- 4x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 3699
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3359
- Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 3699
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3359
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 31 January 2012 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 300 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5834 vs 3699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7859 vs 3359 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5834 vs 3699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 7859 vs 3359 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1085 MHz
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
- 2.8x more pipelines: 1792 vs 640
- 2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- 6.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 12495
- Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.74 vs 49.772
- Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1177.395 vs 757.295
- Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.685 vs 3.67
- Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 69.23 vs 49.875
- Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 343.81 vs 179.567
- Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 5157
- Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 5157
Specifications (specs) | |
Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 1085 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 89.6 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1792 vs 640 |
Floating-point performance | 2,867 gflops vs 1,389 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 82144 vs 12495 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 63.74 vs 49.772 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1177.395 vs 757.295 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.685 vs 3.67 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 69.23 vs 49.875 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 343.81 vs 179.567 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7988 vs 5157 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7988 vs 5157 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950
Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2411 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 631 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 12495 | 82144 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 49.772 | 63.74 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 757.295 | 1177.395 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.67 | 5.685 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.875 | 69.23 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 179.567 | 343.81 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5157 | 7988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5834 | 3699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7859 | 3359 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5157 | 7988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5834 | 3699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 7859 | 3359 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1914 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A | AMD Radeon HD 7950 | |
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Architecture | Maxwell | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GM107 | Tahiti |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 31 January 2012 |
Place in performance rating | 475 | 527 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops | 2,867 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | 1792 |
Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s | 89.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 300 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 4,313 million |
Compute units | 28 | |
Stream Processors | 1792 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
DisplayPort support | ||
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | |
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Length | 267 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 80.19 GB / s | 240 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
FreeSync | ||
PowerTune | ||
ZeroCore |