FireStream 9270 vs Radeon HD 7950

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FireStream 9270 and Radeon HD 7950, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FireStream 9270 stacks up against Radeon HD 7950, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FireStream 9270 Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 25% more power consumption, than FireStream 9270.
  • FireStream 9270 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 1 GB more memory, than FireStream 9270.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FireStream 9270 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FireStream 9270 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FireStream 9270 is 2350 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 2−3 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 7−8 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 500% more, than FireStream 9270.

Full Specs

  FireStream 9270 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture TeraScale GCN 1.0
Code name RV770 Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 November 2008 31 January 2012
Pipelines 800 1792
Core clock speed 750 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.00 89.60
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
AppAcceleration +
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