AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost
What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost. Find out which graphics card has better performance.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
| Tahiti | GPU Name | Tahiti |
| Tahiti PRO (215-0821056) | Model number | Tahiti PRO2 (215-0821282) |
| GCN 1.0 | Architecture | GCN 1.0 |
| TSMC | Foundry | TSMC |
| 28 nm | Process Size | 28 nm |
| 4,313 million | Transistors | 4,313 million |
| 352 mm² | Die Size | 352 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Jan 8th, 2013 | Release Date | Jun 22nd, 2012 |
| Sea Islands (HD 8900) | Family | Southern Islands (HD 7900) |
| End-of-life | Production | End-of-life |
| Southern Islands | Predecessor | Northern Islands |
| PCIe 3.0 x16 | Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Memory
| 3 GB | Memory Size | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 384 bit | Memory Bus | 384 bit |
| 240.0 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240.0 GB/s |
Performance
| 29.60 GPixel/s | Pixel fillrate | 29.60 GPixel/s |
| 103.6 GTexel/s | Texture fillrate | 103.6 GTexel/s |
| 3.315 TFLOPS | FP32 (float) performance | 3.315 TFLOPS |
| 828.8 GFLOPS (1:4) | FP64 (double) performance | 828.8 GFLOPS (1:4) |
Clock Speeds
| 850 MHz | Base Clock | 850 MHz |
| 925 MHz | Boost Clock | 925 MHz |
| 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective | Memory Clock | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
Render Config
| 1792 | Shading Units | 1792 |
| 112 | TMUs | 112 |
| 32 | ROPs | 32 |
| 28 | Compute Units | 28 |
| 16 KB (per CU) | L1 Cache | 16 KB (per CU) |
| 768 KB | L2 Cache | 768 KB |
Board Design
| Dual-slot | Slot Width | Dual-slot |
| 267 mm 10.5 inches | Length | 275 mm 10.8 inches |
| 200 W | Thermal design power (TDP) | 200 W |
| 550 W | Suggested PSU | 550 W |
| 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort | Display Connectors | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
| C386-42 | Board Number | C386 |
API support
| 12 (11_1) | DirectX | 12 (11_1) |
| 4.6 | OpenGL | 4.6 |
| 1.2 | OpenCL | 1.2 |
| 1.2 | Vulkan | 1.2 |
| 5.1 | Shader Model | 5.1 |