Radeon HD 7950 vs Radeon Pro 580X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7950 and Radeon Pro 580X, 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 7950 stacks up against Radeon Pro 580X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7950 Radeon Pro 580X
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 33% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 580X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon Pro 580X has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro 580X - with GCN 4.0.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 580X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 580X is 5530 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 24−27
QHD / 1440p 16−18 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−12
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 580X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3% more, than Radeon HD 7950.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7950 Radeon Pro 580X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Tahiti Polaris 20
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 31 January 2012 18 March 2019
Pipelines 1792 2304
Core clock speed 1100 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1200 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 89.60 172.8
Floating-point performance 2,867 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 6780 MHz
Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s 217.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
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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