FirePro V7900 vs Radeon HD 6950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 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 FirePro V7900 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

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 231% more power consumption, than FirePro V7900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 6950 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 6950 are build with TeraScale 3 architecture.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 6950 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 12 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6950.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 3750 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 8−9
QHD / 1440p 1−2 3−4
low / 720p 24−27 27−30
medium / 1080p 14−16 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 27% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 6950
Architecture TeraScale 3 TeraScale 3
Code name Cayman Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 14 December 2010
Pipelines 1280 1408
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 70.40
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 279 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 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 2.1 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s 244 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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