Radeon HD 6930 vs Radeon HD 6950

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon HD 6950, 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 Radeon HD 6930 stacks up against Radeon HD 6950, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6930 Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 186 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 168% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 6950 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon HD 6950 are build with TeraScale 3 architecture.
  • Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon HD 6950 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6950 is 47 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6930 is 3550 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 27−30
medium / 1080p 10−12 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 41% more, than Radeon HD 6930.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6930 Radeon HD 6950
Architecture TeraScale 3 TeraScale 3
Code name Cayman Cayman
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 1 December 2011 14 December 2010
Pipelines 1280 1408
Core clock speed 750 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 60.00 70.40
Floating-point performance 1,920.0 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 220 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 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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