AMD Radeon HD 7950 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

AMD Radeon HD 7950 $450
AMD Radeon HD 6870 $239
1792 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
800MHz
1120 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
900MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.87 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
2.02 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
2.87 TFLOPS
FP32
2.02 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
200W
TDP
151W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 42% faster vs Radeon HD 6870
  • 30% slower vs Radeon HD 7950
Radeon HD 7950 - 2.87 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
Radeon HD 6870 - 2.02 TFLOPS FP32
x1

FP32

  • 42% faster vs Radeon HD 6870
  • 30% slower vs Radeon HD 7950
Radeon HD 7950 - 2.87 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
Radeon HD 6870 - 2.02 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 79% faster vs Radeon HD 6870
  • 44% slower vs Radeon HD 7950
Radeon HD 7950 - 240GB/s
x1.79
Radeon HD 6870 - 134.4GB/s
x1
  • 32% higher vs Radeon HD 6870
  • 25% lower vs Radeon HD 7950
Radeon HD 7950 - 200W
x1.32
Radeon HD 6870 - 151W
x1
  • 4.93x faster vs Radeon HD 6870
  • 80% slower vs Radeon HD 7950
Radeon HD 7950 - GB6 OpenCL 27,385
x4.93
Radeon HD 6870 - GB6 OpenCL 5,555
x1
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 1
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Family
Radeon HD 7000
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Codename
Tahiti
-
Variant
Tahiti Pro
Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Barts XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/31/2012
Release Date
10/22/2010
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
40nm
Die Size
352 mm²
Die Size
255 mm²
Transistor Count
4.3 Billion
Transistor Count
1.7 Billion
Transistor Density
12.25M/mm²
Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1792 Shaders
Shading Units
1120 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
56 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Compute Units
28 CUs
Compute Units
14 CUs
800MHz
900MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.87 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
2.02 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
2.87 TFLOPS
FP32
2.02 TFLOPS
FP64
720 GFLOPS
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
89.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
50.4 GTexel/s
L1
16KB/CU
L1
8KB/CU
L2
768KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
3GB
GDDR5
2GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
Clock
1050MHz
Transfer Rate
4.2GT/s
Bandwidth
134.4GB/s
TDP
200W
TDP
151W
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
-
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
-
1x HDMI 1.4
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
-
1x HDMI 1.3
-
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
Model
VCE 1.0
No Encoders
-
Codec
AVC (H.264)
-
-
Model
UVD 3.2
Model
UVD 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
-
-
Shader Model
6.5
GFX
6
Shader Model
5.0
GFX
4
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
275 mm (10.83 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
247 mm (9.72 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
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