Radeon RX 7900M vs HD 6950M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon RX 7900M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 7900M outperforms HD 6950M by a whopping 1585% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 736 | 41 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.90 | 22.95 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb | Navi 31 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 January 2011 (14 years ago) | 19 October 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 cores | 960 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 580 MHz | 1825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2090 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 57,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 180 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 27.84 | 601.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.114 TFLOPS | 38.52 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 192 |
| TMUs | 48 | 288 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 72 |
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 size | large | large |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 576.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
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.
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
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 HD | 8−9
−1763%
| 149
+1763%
|
| 1440p | 6−7
−1700%
| 108
+1700%
|
| 4K | 4−5
−1775%
| 75
+1775%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Atomic Heart | 8−9
−2075%
|
170−180
+2075%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−12
−2536%
|
290−300
+2536%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
−1871%
|
130−140
+1871%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Atomic Heart | 8−9
−2075%
|
170−180
+2075%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1242%
|
160−170
+1242%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−12
−2536%
|
290−300
+2536%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
−1871%
|
130−140
+1871%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−1875%
|
150−160
+1875%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1300%
|
250−260
+1300%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1250%
|
210−220
+1250%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 7−8
−2271%
|
160−170
+2271%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1080%
|
170−180
+1080%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−527%
|
300−350
+527%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 8−9
−2075%
|
170−180
+2075%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1242%
|
160−170
+1242%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−12
−2536%
|
290−300
+2536%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65
−356%
|
270−280
+356%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
−1871%
|
130−140
+1871%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−1513%
|
500−550
+1513%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−1875%
|
150−160
+1875%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1300%
|
250−260
+1300%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1250%
|
210−220
+1250%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 7−8
−2271%
|
160−170
+2271%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11
−1290%
|
139
+1290%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7
−2233%
|
140−150
+2233%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1080%
|
170−180
+1080%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
−2130%
|
220−230
+2130%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−527%
|
300−350
+527%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1242%
|
160−170
+1242%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
−1829%
|
135
+1829%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−1513%
|
500−550
+1513%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−1500%
|
128
+1500%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1250%
|
210−220
+1250%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1080%
|
170−180
+1080%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
−1580%
|
168
+1580%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−527%
|
300−350
+527%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1300%
|
250−260
+1300%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5
−3975%
|
160−170
+3975%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
−1528%
|
400−450
+1528%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 3−4
−3433%
|
106
+3433%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−8900%
|
90−95
+8900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 27−30
−525%
|
170−180
+525%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−932%
|
350−400
+932%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−4550%
|
93
+4550%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7
−1950%
|
123
+1950%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−2138%
|
170−180
+2138%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−2340%
|
120−130
+2340%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 6−7
−2417%
|
150−160
+2417%
|
4K
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 2−3
−2350%
|
45−50
+2350%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
−813%
|
146
+813%
|
| Valorant | 16−18
−1747%
|
300−350
+1747%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4300%
|
44
+4300%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1500%
|
160−170
+1500%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
−2475%
|
103
+2475%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−4233%
|
130−140
+4233%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−2300%
|
95−100
+2300%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5
−1875%
|
75−80
+1875%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 116
+0%
|
116
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
This is how HD 6950M and RX 7900M compete in popular games:
- RX 7900M is 1763% faster in 1080p
- RX 7900M is 1700% faster in 1440p
- RX 7900M is 1775% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 7900M is 8900% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 7900M is ahead in 54 tests (90%)
- there's a draw in 6 tests (10%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.09 | 52.08 |
| Recency | 4 January 2011 | 19 October 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 180 Watt |
HD 6950M has 260% lower power consumption.
RX 7900M, on the other hand, has a 1585.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 7900M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6950M in performance tests.
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