GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs Radeon HD 6950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6950 with GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

HD 6950
2010
2 GB GDDR5, 500 Watt
6.76

RTX 4060 Mobile outperforms HD 6950 by a whopping 576% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking56174
Place by popularitynot in top-10051
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.11no data
Power efficiency2.3227.26
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameCaymanAD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date14 December 2010 (14 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores14083072
Core clock speedno data1545 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1890 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate70.40181.4
Floating-point processing power2.253 TFLOPS11.61 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8896
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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.

HD 6950 6.76
RTX 4060 Mobile 45.73
+576%

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.

HD 6950 2606
RTX 4060 Mobile 17622
+576%

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.

HD 6950 3230
RTX 4060 Mobile 26499
+720%

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 HD16−18
−600%
112
+600%
1440p9−10
−589%
62
+589%
4K5−6
−680%
39
+680%

Cost per frame, $

1080p18.69no data
1440p33.22no data
4K59.80no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 126
+0%
126
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 135
+0%
135
+0%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 100
+0%
100
+0%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Hitman 3 123
+0%
123
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 114
+0%
114
+0%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 85
+0%
85
+0%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Hitman 3 117
+0%
117
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 215
+0%
215
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 98
+0%
98
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 77
+0%
77
+0%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Hitman 3 110
+0%
110
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 185
+0%
185
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 101
+0%
101
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65
+0%
65
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 72
+0%
72
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 49
+0%
49
+0%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 127
+0%
127
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+0%
76
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

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

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Hitman 3 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55
+0%
55
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 19
+0%
19
+0%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 62
+0%
62
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 25
+0%
25
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

This is how HD 6950 and RTX 4060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 600% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 589% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 680% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.76 45.73
Recency 14 December 2010 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 4060 Mobile has a 576.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 334.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6950 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is a notebook 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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