The Radeon HD 6950 performed as expected when testing with S.T.A.L.K.E.R., it was again 10% slower than the HD 6970 but this is good news. Against the rest of the pack, the HD 6950 was 35% faster than the GeForce GTX 470, 55% faster than the HD 6870 and 59% faster than the HD 5870.