Radeon HD 7950 Boost vs Switch GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM20BTahiti
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2017 (7 years ago)22 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores2561792
Core clock speed384 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate12.29103.6
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPS3.315 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs16112

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data274 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeDDR4GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s240.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2017 22 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 20 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 200 Watt

Switch GPU has an age advantage of 4 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 1233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU and Radeon HD 7950 Boost. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Switch GPU is a notebook card while Radeon HD 7950 Boost is a desktop one.


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