GRID M10 8Q vs Radeon HD 6950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M10 8Q 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 GRID M10 8Q 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

  GRID M10 8Q Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 122% more power consumption, than GRID M10 8Q.
  • GRID M10 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M10 8Q has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M10 8Q is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • GRID M10 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 3950 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9 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 GRID M10 8Q.

Full Specs

  GRID M10 8Q Radeon HD 6950
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 3
Code name GM107 Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 18 May 2016 14 December 2010
Pipelines 640 1408
Core clock speed 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 52.24 70.40
Floating-point performance 1,672 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 244 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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