RTX A5500 Mobile vs Radeon HD 7950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7950 with RTX A5500 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

HD 7950
2012
3 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
11.81

RTX A5500 Mobile outperforms HD 7950 by a whopping 263% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking440102
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.21no data
Power efficiency4.2718.75
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiGA103
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date31 January 2012 (13 years ago)22 March 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores17927424
Compute units28no data
Core clock speedno data975 MHz
Boost clock speed1250 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million22,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate89.60348.0
Floating-point processing power2.867 TFLOPS22.27 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs112232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth240 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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-DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
ZeroCore+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 7950 11.81
RTX A5500 Mobile 42.82
+263%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 7950 4764
RTX A5500 Mobile 17275
+263%

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.

HD 7950 7500
RTX A5500 Mobile 26260
+250%

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 HD30−35
−317%
125
+317%
1440p18−21
−317%
75
+317%
4K12−14
−317%
50
+317%

Cost per frame, $

1080p14.97no data
1440p24.94no data
4K37.42no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 129
+0%
129
+0%
Dead Island 2 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 114
+0%
114
+0%
Dead Island 2 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Far Cry 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Fortnite 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 88
+0%
88
+0%
Dead Island 2 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Dota 2 164
+0%
164
+0%
Far Cry 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Fortnite 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 145
+0%
145
+0%
Metro Exodus 99
+0%
99
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 205
+0%
205
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 76
+0%
76
+0%
Dead Island 2 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Dota 2 155
+0%
155
+0%
Far Cry 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 102
+0%
102
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 99
+0%
99
+0%
Metro Exodus 59
+0%
59
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45
+0%
45
+0%
Dead Island 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Dead Island 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 97
+0%
97
+0%
Metro Exodus 31
+0%
31
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+0%
63
+0%
Valorant 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+0%
18
+0%
Dead Island 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Dota 2 132
+0%
132
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

This is how HD 7950 and RTX A5500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A5500 Mobile is 317% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A5500 Mobile is 317% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A5500 Mobile is 317% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 66 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.81 42.82
Recency 31 January 2012 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 165 Watt

RTX A5500 Mobile has a 262.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 21.2% lower power consumption.

The RTX A5500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7950 is a desktop graphics card while RTX A5500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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