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AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1
- Graphics Processor
- Tahiti
- Cores
- 1536
- TMUs
- 96
- ROPs
- 32
- Memory Size
- 3 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 384 bit
GPU
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1600x900
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
The Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 was a graphics card by AMD, launched on January 31st, 2012. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Tahiti graphics processor, in its Tahiti PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 12. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_1, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The Tahiti graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 352 mm² and 4,313 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon HD 7970, which uses the same GPU but has all 2048 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 1536 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 3,072 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1, which are connected using a 384-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 925 MHz, memory is running at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 185 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 267 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution.
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 185 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 267 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Jan 31st, 2012
- Generation
-
Southern Islands
(HD 7900)
- Predecessor
- Northern Islands
- Successor
- Sea Islands
- Production
- End-of-life
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Reviews
- 118 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- GPU Clock
- 925 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 3 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 384 bit
- Bandwidth
- 240.0 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 1536
- TMUs
- 96
- ROPs
- 32
- Compute Units
- 24
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per CU)
- L2 Cache
- 768 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 29.60 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 88.80 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 2.842 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 710.4 GFLOPS (1:4)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Dual-slot
- Length
- 267 mm
10.5 inches
- TDP
- 185 W
- Suggested PSU
- 450 W
- Outputs
- 1x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
- Power Connectors
- 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
- Board Number
- C386
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (11_1)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.1 (1.2)
- Vulkan
- 1.2.170
- Shader Model
- 6.5 (5.1)
Card Notes
| Development GPU |
Tahiti GPU Notes
| Generation: Southern Islands Desktop Variant: New Zealand / Malta Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx600) Display Core Engine: 6.0 Unified Video Decoder: 3.2 Video Compression Engine: 1.0 CLRX: GCN 1.0 Exact Transistor Count: 4,312,711,873 Latest Drivers: Windows XP / 8: Catalyst Software Suite 14.4 Windows Vista : Catalyst Software Suite 13.12 Windows 7: 32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 Windows 8.1: 32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2 64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1 Windows 10: 32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 |
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