Switch GPU and Radeon HD 7950 Boost - video card comparison
Switch GPU
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
GM20B
Tahiti
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2017
June 2012
Interface
IGP
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
2x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
768 MHz
925 MHz
Core clock speed
-
850 MHz
Floating-point performance
-
3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
20 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,000 million
4,313 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
1792
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
200 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.29
103.6
Memory type
DDR4
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
3200 MHz
5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
5.3
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.131