NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
VS
AMD FirePro W9000
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
VS
AMD FirePro W9000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 and AMD FirePro W9000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1032
Place in performance rating
220
4.17
Value for money (0-100)
6.12
Curie
Architecture
GCN 1.0
G71
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Workstation
5 June 2006 (15 years ago)
Release date
14 June 2012 (9 years ago)
$599
Launch price (MSRP)
$3,999
$518 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$870 (0.2x MSRP)
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Value for money
5.06
G71
GPU code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 and AMD FirePro W9000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
2048
500 MHz
Core clock speed
975 MHz
278 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
90 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
110 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
350 Watt
12.00
Texture fill rate
124.8
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Floating-point performance
3,994 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
278 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
110 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
350 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 and AMD FirePro W9000.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
270 mm
Length
279 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Form factor
full height / full length

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 and AMD FirePro W9000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
1200 MHz
Memory clock speed
5500 MHz
38.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 and AMD FirePro W9000, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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StereoOutput3D
1
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Dual-link DVI support
1

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 and AMD FirePro W9000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

9.0c (9_3)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 and AMD FirePro W9000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 or AMD FirePro W9000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
AMD FirePro W9000
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
AMD FirePro W9000
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
AMD FirePro W9000
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
AMD FirePro W9000
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
AMD FirePro W9000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Cheaper ($518 (0.9x MSRP) vs $870 (0.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (110 Watt vs 350 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 6 GB)

Advantages of AMD FirePro W9000

26.42% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 90 nm)

More memory bandwidth (264 GB/s vs 38.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 or AMD FirePro W9000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W9000 .

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 versus AMD FirePro W9000 performance benchmarks comparison

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