AMD HD 7950 Boost vs ATI HD 5870

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking561not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.94no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameCypressTahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 September 2009 (14 years old)22 June 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $449
Current price$125 (0.3x MSRP)$315 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores16001792
Core clock speed850 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate68.00103.6
Floating-point performance2,720.0 gflops3,315 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length282 mm274 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s240.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 23 September 2009 22 June 2012
Cost $399 $449
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt 200 Watt

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