Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs E8950

Radeon E6460 Radeon E8860 Radeon E8870 Radeon E8870 MXM Radeon E8870 PCIe Radeon E8950 Radeon E9171 MCM Radeon E9172 MXM Radeon E9173 PCIe Radeon E9260 MXM Radeon E9260 PCIe Radeon E9390 PCIe
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Radeon RX 5700 Radeon RX 7500 XT Radeon RX 7600 Radeon RX 7600 XT Radeon RX 7700 Radeon RX 7700 XT Radeon RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 7900 GRE Radeon RX 7900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7950 XTX Radeon RX 7990 XTX

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon E8950 with Radeon RX 7900 GRE, including specs and performance data.

Radeon E8950
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 95 Watt
14.17

RX 7900 GRE outperforms E8950 by a whopping 389% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Radeon E8950 Radeon E8950
RX 7900 GRE RX 7900 GRE

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking36723
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.3118.44
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAmethystNavi 31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)27 July 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores20485120
Core clock speed735 MHz1287 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2245 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0718.4
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS45.98 TFLOPS
ROPs32160
TMUs128320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data276 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD40−45
−425%
210
+425%
1440p27−30
−393%
133
+393%
4K16−18
−394%
79
+394%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 208
+0%
208
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 184
+0%
184
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 158
+0%
158
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 403
+0%
403
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 148
+0%
148
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 294
+0%
294
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 353
+0%
353
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 209
+0%
209
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 98
+0%
98
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Hitman 3 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 231
+0%
231
+0%
Metro Exodus 128
+0%
128
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 252
+0%
252
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 156
+0%
156
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 125
+0%
125
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45
+0%
45
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 131
+0%
131
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

This is how Radeon E8950 and RX 7900 GRE compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 GRE is 425% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 GRE is 393% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 GRE is 394% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 14.17 69.36
Recency 29 September 2015 27 July 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 260 Watt

Radeon E8950 has 173.7% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 GRE, on the other hand, has a 389.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 GRE is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E8950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7900 GRE is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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