Radeon Sky 500 vs HD 7950 Boost

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated373
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.57
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameTahitiPitcairn
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 June 2012 (11 years ago)27 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data
Current price$315 (0.7x MSRP)$129

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 cores17921280
Core clock speed850 MHz950 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate103.676.00
Floating-point performance3,315 gflops2,432 gflops

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 supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length274 mm242 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth240.0 GB/s154 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x DisplayPort
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort countno data1
Dual-link DVI supportno data1

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 June 2012 27 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 150 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7950 Boost and Radeon Sky 500. We've got no test results to judge.


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