GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 vs Radeon HD 7950
Aggregated performance score
Radeon HD 7950 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 by 19% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 368 | 400 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 1.34 | 1.50 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | GK110B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 31 January 2012 (12 years ago) | 10 September 2013 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $649 |
| Current price | $431 (1x MSRP) | $270 (0.4x MSRP) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
GTX 780 Rev. 2 has 12% better value for money than HD 7950.
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 cores | 1792 | 2304 |
| Compute units | 28 | no data |
| Core clock speed | no data | 863 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz | 902 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 7,080 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 89.60 | 173.2 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,867 gflops | 4,156 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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 6008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 288.4 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Eyefinity | 1 | no data |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| DisplayPort support | - | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | + | no data |
| CrossFire | 1 | no data |
| Enduro | - | no data |
| FreeSync | 1 | no data |
| HD3D | - | no data |
| PowerTune | + | no data |
| TrueAudio | - | no data |
| ZeroCore | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | no data | 1.1.126 |
| Mantle | - | no data |
| CUDA | no data | 3.5 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 12.30 | 10.35 |
| Recency | 31 January 2012 | 10 September 2013 |
| Cost | $449 | $649 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 250 Watt |
The Radeon HD 7950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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