AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition VS AMD Radeon HD 7990
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
Radeon HD 7990
$999 • Apr 2013
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon HD 7990 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 300 W | 375 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 32 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 288 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.301 GFLOPS | 4.096 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 0.75 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 365 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 4313 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 750 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon HD 7990
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon HD 7990
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon HD 7990
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon HD 7990 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
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