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AMD Radeon HD 8950

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 is a graphics card released on January 8, 2013, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 1,792 shading units, 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus, a boost clock of 925 MHz and a 225 W board power rating. It scores 2,840 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.

GCNTahiti Pro28 nm

9/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 41 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

1,792cores

Memory

3 GB

GDDR5 · 384-bit

Boost clock

925 MHz

850 MHz base

Board power

225 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 scores 2,840 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 72% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #786), measured across 166 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 367.

PassMark G3D Mark

2,840

Rank #786
Faster than 72% of 2,658 GPUs
166 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 55 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 60.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 10 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 51% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 21 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 51.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 17 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 50.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,115 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 51.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon HD 8950 averages DirectX 9 55 fps, DirectX 10 10 fps, DirectX 11 21 fps, DirectX 12 17 fps and GPU Compute 1,115 ops/s, across 166 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

Texture fill rate 103.6 GTexel/s calculatedcalculated from TMUs x boost clock (MHz) / 1000 = 112 x 925 / 1000

Texture fill rate (103.6 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 3 GB

Core clock 850 MHz

Memory clock 1250 MHz

DirectX 11.1

OpenGL 4.4

Max TDP 225 W

First benchmarked 2014-08-09

Samples 166

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 8950 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 3 GB of memory, a core clock of 850 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2014-08-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Tahiti Pro

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors 4,313 M

Die size 352 mm²

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Tahiti Pro graphics processor, is manufactured on a 28 nm process, contains 4,313 million transistors and has a die size of 352 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 1,792

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 112

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 has 1,792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon HD 8950.

Clock speeds

Base clock 850 MHz

Boost clock 925 MHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 runs at a base clock of 850 MHz and boosts to 925 MHz.

Memory

Size 3 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 384-bit

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 is equipped with 3 GB of GDDR5 memory and uses a 384-bit memory bus.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 has a board power rating of 225 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 225 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched January 8, 2013

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon HD 8000 Series

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 was released on January 8, 2013.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 2,840

PassMark G2D 367

Rank #786

Samples 166

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 11.1 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.4 (stated by PassMark)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 8950. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 8950. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 8950.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 8950 have?

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus.

How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 8950 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 has a board power rating of 225 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 8950?

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 scores 2,840 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 72% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #786. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 17 fps.

What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 8950 use?

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the AMD Radeon HD 8950 released?

The AMD Radeon HD 8950 was released on January 8, 2013.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Tahiti -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.