GeForce 7950 GX2 vs Hainan

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Hainan and GeForce 7950 GX2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Hainan
3.44
+562%

Hainan outperforms 7950 GX2 by a whopping 562% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking6901188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureSea IslandsCurie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameHainanG71
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data5 June 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599
Current price$23 $252 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores320no data
Core clock speedno data500 MHz
Number of transistors690 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data110 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.00

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data270 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data38.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)3.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)N/A
Vulkan1.2.170N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.44 0.52
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm

The Hainan is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 7950 GX2 in performance tests.


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