amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores240 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7950
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
Radeon HD 7950
$449 • Jan 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290X | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 290 W | 200 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 800 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 240 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 1792 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 112 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | 25.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 89.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.632 GFLOPS | 2.867 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 0.75 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 4313 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 11.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| 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 R9 290X
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon HD 7950
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon HD 7950
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 290X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon HD 7950
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
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