GeForce GTX 275 vs Radeon HD 7950

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 275 and Radeon HD 7950, 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 GeForce GTX 275 stacks up against Radeon HD 7950, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 275 Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
  Check Price Check Price
  • GeForce GTX 275 has 9% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7950.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 275 has 893 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is 257 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 275.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7950 is 116 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 275.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than GeForce GTX 275.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 275 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GT200B Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 15 January 2009 31 January 2012
Pipelines 240 1792
Core clock speed 1404 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion/sec 89.60
Floating-point performance 673.9 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 267 mm
Memory bus width 448 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1134 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 127.0 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.0 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 240
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
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 +
  Check Price Check Price