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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon HD 7950

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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.
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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon HD 7950
    Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7950 has 2 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7950 - in Desktops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 20−22 60−65
    medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 272% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon HD 7950
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
    Code name Surface Book Tahiti
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 October 2015 31 January 2012
    Pipelines 384 1792
    Core clock speed 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz 1250 MHz
    Transistor count 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 89.60
    Floating-point performance 2,867 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 381 Mh/s
    Optimus +
    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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