NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7990
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7990

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon HD 7990. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

421
Place in performance rating
238
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Value for money (0-100)
6.43
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GM107
Code name
Malta
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
24 April 2013 (8 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$1099
Price now
$1099 (1.1x MSRP)
1.09
Value for money
2.55
GM107
GPU code name
Malta
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon HD 7990 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
2048
993 MHz
Core clock speed
950 MHz
1124 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
1,870 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
375 Watt
44.96
Texture fill rate
128.0
1,271 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 4,096 gflops
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1124 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
1,870 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
375 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon HD 7990.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
307 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin

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 GTX 950A and AMD Radeon HD 7990 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
2002 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
32.03 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon HD 7990, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon HD 7990. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and AMD Radeon HD 7990 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 GTX 950A or AMD Radeon HD 7990 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon HD 7990
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
AMD Radeon HD 7990
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 GTX 950A

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 375 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7990

14.51% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 640)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s vs 32.03 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A or AMD Radeon HD 7990?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7990 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A versus AMD Radeon HD 7990 performance benchmarks comparison

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