ATI FirePro M7820 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950M

What is the difference between ATI FirePro M7820 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

BroadwayGPU NameBlackcomb
Broadway XT GLModel numberBlackcomb PRO
TeraScale 2ArchitectureTeraScale 2
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size40 nm
1,040 millionTransistors1,700 million
166 mm²Die Size212 mm²

Graphics Card

May 1st, 2010Release DateJan 4th, 2011
FirePro Mobility
(M7xxx)
FamilyVancouver
(HD 6900M)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size1024 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
64.00 GB/sBandwidth115.2 GB/s

Performance

11.20 GPixel/sPixel fillrate18.56 GPixel/s
28.00 GTexel/sTexture fillrate27.84 GTexel/s
1,120 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1,114 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

1000 MHz
4 Gbps effective
Memory Clock900 MHz
3.6 Gbps effective
700 MHzGPU Clock580 MHz

Render Config

800Shading Units960
40TMUs48
16ROPs32
10Compute Units12
8 KB (per CU)L1 Cache8 KB (per CU)
256 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthMXM Module
50 WThermal design power (TDP)50 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

11.2 (11_0)DirectX11.2 (11_0)
4.4OpenGL4.4
1.2OpenCL1.2
N/AVulkanN/A
5.0Shader Model5.0