AMD Radeon HD 7950 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores240 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon HD 7950

nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AMD Radeon HD 7950
Radeon HD 7950
$449 • Jan 2012
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
$299 • Jul 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7950 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 200 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 800 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 1792 | 1280 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 112 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 25.6 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 89.6 GTexel/s | 192.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.867 GFLOPS | 4.375 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 4400 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon HD 7950
AMD • 3GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
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