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    Radeon HD 6950M vs Radeon R9 M295X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon R9 M295X, 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 6950M stacks up against Radeon R9 M295X, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon R9 M295X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon R9 M295X are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 Radeon HD 6950M or Radeon R9 M295X here:

    Radeon HD 6950M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M295X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6950M Radeon R9 M295X
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 Not Listed
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M295X has 400% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
    • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6950M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M295X - with GCN 3.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M295X is 143 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
    • Radeon HD 6950M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M295X - by 28 nm process technology.

    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 R9 M295X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 272% more, than Radeon HD 6950M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6950M Radeon R9 M295X
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 3
    Code name Blackcomb Pro Tonga
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 6 January 2011 16 October 2014
    Pipelines 960 2048
    Core clock speed 580 MHz 723 MHz
    Transistor count 1,700 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 27.84 92.54
    Floating-point performance 1,113.6 gflops 2,961 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 11.2 (11_0) Not Listed
    Shader Model 5.0 6.3
    OpenGL 4.4 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan N/A
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 392 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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