Radeon HD 6990 vs Radeon HD 7950

Radeon HD 6990
Radeon HD 7950
2x 1536 Shaders
2x 2GB GDDR5
830MHz
1792 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
800MHz
FP32
5.1 TFLOPS
FP32
2.87 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
375W
TDP
200W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
TeraScale 3
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Family
Radeon HD 7000
Codename
Cayman
RV970
Variant
Antilles XT
Codename
Tahiti
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Variant
Tahiti Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/8/2011
Release Date
1/31/2012
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
2x 389 mm²
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Die Size
352 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 2.6 Billion
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Transistor Count
4.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
6.79M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.25M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2x 1536 Shaders
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Shading Units
1792 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 96 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Compute Units
2x 24 CUs
Compute Units
28 CUs
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830MHz
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800MHz
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FP32
5.1 TFLOPS
FP32
2.87 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.27 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.72 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
26.56 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
79.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
89.6 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
768KB Shared
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2x 2GB
GDDR5
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
160GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
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TDP
375W
TDP
200W
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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4x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
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No Encoders
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Model
VCE 1.0
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 3.1
Model
UVD 3.2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
5
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
115 mm (4.53 in)
Width
310 mm (12.2 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
275 mm (10.83 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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