Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2 vs RX 480

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking290not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.19no data
Power efficiency10.39no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameEllesmereTahiti
GCN generation4th Genno data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date29 June 2016 (9 years ago)31 January 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 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 cores2304768
Compute units36no data
Core clock speed1120 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed1266 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate182.338.40
Floating-point processing power5.834 TFLOPS1.229 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs14448

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 supportn/ano data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s240.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
HDMI2.0+
DisplayPort support1.4HDR-

Supported technologies

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

AppAccelerationn/a-
CrossFire+-
Enduron/a-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3Dn/a-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudion/a-
ZeroCore+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantlen/a-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2016 31 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 85 Watt

RX 480 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2, on the other hand, has 76.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 480 and Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2. We've got no test results to judge.

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