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
GPU 1
GPU 2
12495
82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.772
63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
757.295
1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.67
5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.875
69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
179.567
343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5157
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5834
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7859
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5157
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5834
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7859
3359
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A AMD Radeon HD 7950
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

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

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore