Arc A580 vs Radeon HD 6950

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Aggregate performance score

HD 6950
2010
2 GB GDDR5, 500 Watt
6.76

Arc A580 outperforms Radeon HD 6950 by a whopping 512% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking52985
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.5439.16
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)no data
GPU code nameCaymanDG2-512
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date14 December 2010 (13 years ago)10 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data
Current price$320 (1.1x MSRP)$337

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Arc A580 has 7152% better value for money than HD 6950.

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 cores14083072
Core clock speedno data1700 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate70.40384.0
Floating-point performance2,252.8 gflopsno data

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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data512.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support-no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkanno data1.3
Mantle-no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6950 6.76
Arc A580 41.39
+512%

Arc A580 outperforms Radeon HD 6950 by 512% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 6950 2612
Arc A580 11559
+343%

Arc A580 outperforms Radeon HD 6950 by 343% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 6950 3230
Arc A580 27574
+754%

Arc A580 outperforms Radeon HD 6950 by 754% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD16−18
−538%
102
+538%
1440p9−10
−544%
58
+544%
4K5−6
−620%
36
+620%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.76 41.39
Recency 14 December 2010 10 October 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 175 Watt

The Arc A580 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6950 in performance tests.


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