GRID M6 8Q vs Radeon HD 7950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M6 8Q and Radeon HD 7950. 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 M6 8Q and Radeon HD 7950. 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 M6 8Q Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 100% more power consumption, than GRID M6 8Q.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GRID M6 8Q has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M6 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GRID M6 8Q and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 5−6 16−18
4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GRID M6 8Q.

Full Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM204 Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 31 January 2012
Pipelines 1536 1792
Core clock speed 722 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 69.31 89.60
Floating-point performance 2,218 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
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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