Benchmark: 3DMark 11
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3DMark 11 is the latest version of this hugely-popular synthetic benchmark. Making use of DX11 features such as tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading, it provides modern-day results and is available as a free download.
| Percentage faster than reference at 1080p |
PowerColor HD 7950 PCS+ | Sapphire HD 7950 OC | XFX HD 7950 DD BE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4% | 9.3% | 11.1% |
No surprises here, folks. As expected, the higher the overclock, the higher the bump in speed. In 3DMark 11, PowerColor's PCS+ is 7.4 per cent quicker than reference, Sapphire's OC model goes up another 1.9 per cent, and XFX's memory overclock ekes out a further 1.8 per cent's worth of performance.
