AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Tahiti | GP106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Tahiti PRO (215-0821056) | N17E-G1-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 4,400 million |
| Die size | 352 mm² | 200 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 7th, 2013 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Southern Islands | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Launch price | 449 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 118 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Northern Islands | — |
| Successor | Sea Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective | 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1063 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1480 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 3 GB | 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 384 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 240.0 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1792 | 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 112 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Compute units | 28 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 768 KB | 1536 KB |
| SM count | — | 10 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 25.60 GPixel/s | 71.04 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 89.60 GTexel/s | 118.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.867 TFLOPS | 3.789 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 716.8 GFLOPS (1:4) | 118.4 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 59.20 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 279 mm 11 inches | — |
| TDP | 200 W | 80 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | C381 | E2914 SKU 30 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 27th, 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 10 Mobile |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 117 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 900M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 20 Mobile |
