Radeon RX Vega 7 vs HD 7950 Boost

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	502
Place by popularity	not in top-100	10
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	10.89
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	22 June 2012 (12 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	no data
Current price	$315 (0.7x MSRP)	$387

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1792	448
Core clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	1800 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	103.6	no data
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7950 Boost and Radeon RX Vega 7 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	274 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12_1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 June 2012	7 January 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	15 Watt

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