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Radeon HD 6950 vs Radeon HD 7850
Intro
The Radeon HD 6950 comes with a GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory is set to run at 1250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1408 Stream Processors, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 7850, which features GPU clock speed of 860 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1200 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.
Benchmarks
These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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5200 points |
| Radeon HD 6950 |
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3240 points |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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130 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6950 |
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200 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon HD 6950 should theoretically perform a little bit faster than the Radeon HD 7850 overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6950 |
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160000 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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153600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6950 will be quite a bit (more or less 28%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)| Radeon HD 6950 |
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70400 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 7850 |
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55040 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 7850 should be a small bit (about 8%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6950, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| Radeon HD 7850 |
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27520 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6950 |
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25600 Mpixels/sec |
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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.
Price Comparison
Radeon HD 6950
Radeon HD 7850
Specifications
| Model | Radeon HD 6950 | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Year | December 2010 | March 2012 |
| Code Name | Cayman Pro | Pitcairn Pro |
| Memory | 1024 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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
Radeon HD 6950
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Comments
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