AMD Radeon HD 7950
The HD 7950 has 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs. The only other ports are on the I/O panel where you'll find a dual DL-DVI connector, a single HDMI 1.4a port, and two mini-DisplayPort 1.2 sockets. Supports a max resolution of 2560x1600 on up to 3 monitors.
GCN 1.0 (Tahiti Pro)
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
1792
Shader Cores
32
ROPs
112
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
3 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
240 GB/s
Bandwidth
200 W
TDP
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Jan 31, 2012 | Price at Launch: | $449 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | GCN 1.0 (Tahiti Pro) |
| Generation: | Radeon HD 7000 series | Product Tier: | High-end |
| VRAM Capacity: | 3 GB | Total Board Power: | 200 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 1792 | TMUs: | 112 |
| ROPs: | 32 | L2 Cache: | 768 KB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 3 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed: | 5 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 384-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 240 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 0.8 GHz | FP32 Throughput: | 2.87 TFLOPs |
| Ray Tracing: | No | Process Size: | 28nm |
| Process Name: | TSMC 28nm | Die Size: | 352 mm² |
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 200 W | Power Connectors: | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 3.0 x16 | HDMI Support: | HDMI 1.4a |
| DisplayPort Support: | DP 1.2 | DSC: | No |
| Max Displays: | 6 | ||
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 12 | Shader Model: | 6.5 |
| Vulkan Version: | 1.2 | OpenGL Version: | 4.6 |
AMD offers a valid alternative to its flagship GPU with the Radeon HD 7950, which is essentially a lower-specced and lower-priced version of the HD 7970. Considering the HD 7970's respectable performance, we expect a solid showing from the HD 7950.
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