Radeon HD 7950 vs GeForce GTX 780

Place in the ranking	262	399
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.76	2.39
Power efficiency	5.79	4.30
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	GK110	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	31 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780 has 99% better value for money than HD 7950.

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 cores	2304	1792
Compute units	no data	28
Core clock speed	863 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	1250 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	200 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	173.2	89.60
Floating-point processing power	4.156 TFLOPS	2.867 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	192	112

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 support	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	240 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
Eyefinity	-	+
Number of Eyefinity displays	no data	6
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	+
CrossFire	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
ZeroCore	-	+
Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
PhysX	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	-
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 780 20.76
+68.1%

HD 7950 12.35

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 780 8008
+68.1%

HD 7950 4764

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 780 10460
+39.5%

HD 7950 7500

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

GTX 780 1558
+55.8%

HD 7950 1000