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Radeon HD 6950 2GB vs Radeon HD 7850

Intro

The Radeon HD 6950 2GB comes with a GPU core clock speed of 800 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory is set to run at 1250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 7850, which features a core clock speed of 860 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1200 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7850 130 Watts
Radeon HD 6950 2GB 200 Watts
Difference: 70 Watts (54%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6950 2GB will be 4% faster than the Radeon HD 7850 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 6950 2GB 160000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7850 153600 MB/sec
Difference: 6400 (4%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6950 2GB should be a lot (approximately 28%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)

Radeon HD 6950 2GB 70400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7850 55040 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 15360 (28%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7850 is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)

Radeon HD 7850 27520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6950 2GB 25600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1920 (8%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 6950 2GB Radeon HD 7850
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year December 2010 March 2012
Code Name Cayman Pro Pitcairn Pro
Memory 2048 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 800 MHz 860 MHz
Memory Speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 200 watts 130 watts
Bandwidth 160000 MB/sec 153600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 70400 Mtexels/sec 55040 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 25600 Mpixels/sec 27520 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 1408 1024
Texture Mapping Units 88 64
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 2640 million 2800 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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Comments

One Response to “Radeon HD 6950 2GB vs Radeon HD 7850”
Problema AMD 6950 (Glitch mai in orice joc) says:

[...] modelGigabyte Radeon HD 7850 OC WindForce 2GB DDR5 256-bi (GV-R785OC-2GD)Eu din cate am observat de aici ca este mai slab 7850 fata de 6950 2gb, ce pot face sa-mi dea banii inapoi daca nu poate sa imi dea [...]

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