FireStream 9370 vs Radeon HD 6950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FireStream 9370 and Radeon HD 6950. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FireStream 9370 and Radeon HD 6950. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FireStream 9370 Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 122% more power consumption, than FireStream 9370.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FireStream 9370 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FireStream 9370 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • FireStream 9370 and Radeon HD 6950 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of FireStream 9370 is 3350 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 14−16
ultra / 1080p 7−8 8−9
QHD / 1440p 2−3 3−4
low / 720p 27−30 27−30
medium / 1080p 16−18 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 7% more, than FireStream 9370.

Full Specs

  FireStream 9370 Radeon HD 6950
Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 3
Code name Cypress Cayman
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 23 June 2010 14 December 2010
Pipelines 1600 1408
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 66.00 70.40
Floating-point performance 2,640.0 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 147.2 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 244 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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