Radeon HD 7950 Boost — Technical City
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
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- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 850 MHz
- Max video memory 3 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon HD 7950 Boost sales 22 June 2012 at a recommended price of $449. This is a GCN 1.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 3 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 240.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 274 mm. Two 6-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 200 Watt.
We have no data on Radeon HD 7950 Boost benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon HD 7950 Boost: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 22 June 2012 (10 years old) |
|
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
| Current price | $315 (0.7x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Radeon HD 7950 Boost’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed.
These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 7950 Boost’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1792 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 200 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 103.6 | of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 3,315 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon HD 7950 Boost’s 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 274 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 7950 Boost: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 240. 0 GB/s |
of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon HD 7950 Boost. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon HD 7950 Boost, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1. 2 |
|
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon HD 7950 Boost. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
We have no data on Radeon HD 7950 Boost benchmark results.
Radeon HD 7950 Boost NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon HD 7950 Boost from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 770.
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Similar GPUs
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Core i5
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Phenom X4
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Ryzen 5
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FX
8370
4.2%
Core i3
2100
4.2%
Ryzen 5
2600X
4.2%
FX
8120
4.
2%
Phenom II
X6 1075T
4.2%
Core i7
3770K
4.2%
User rating
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Radeon HD 7950 Boost
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
- PCIe 3.
0 x16 interface - Core clock 850 MHz
- Video memory size 3 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory frequency 5000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Description
AMD Starts Radeon HD 79 Sales50 Boost on June 22, 2012 at a suggested price of $449. This is a desktop video card based on the GCN 1.0 architecture and 28 nm manufacturing process, primarily aimed at gamers. It has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory at 5 GHz, and coupled with a 384-bit interface, this creates a throughput of 240.0 GB / s.
In terms of compatibility, this is a dual-slot PCIe 3.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 274 mm. The connection requires two 6-pin additional power cables, and the power consumption is 200W.
We don’t have test results for the Radeon HD 7950 Boost.
General
Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of Radeon HD 7950 Boost, as well as when sales started and cost at the time.
| Place in the performance rating | is not participated in | |
| GCN 1.0 (2012–2020) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Features
Radeon HD 7950 Boost’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak of Radeon HD 7950 Boost’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Number of Stream Processors | 17
| 3.315 gflops |
of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
|
Compatibility & Dimensions
Information on Radeon HD 7950 Boost compatibility with other computer components. Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one.
For desktop video cards, these are the interface and connection bus (compatibility with the motherboard), the physical dimensions of the video card (compatibility with the motherboard and case), additional power connectors (compatibility with the power supply).
Benchmark tests
These are the results of Radeon HD 7950 Boost rendering performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest video card at the moment.
We don’t have any test results for the Radeon HD 7950 Boost.
Competitor from NVIDIA
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Other video cards
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According to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the Radeon HD 7950 Boost.
Core i5
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12.5%
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4.2%
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3600
4.2%
FX
8370
4.2%
Core i3
2100
4.2%
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4.2%
FX
8120
4.2%
Phenom II
X6 1075T
4.2%
Core i7
3770K
4.