amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory768
Cores96 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R7 260
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
Radeon R7 260
$109 • Dec 2013
AMD Radeon R7 260
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon R7 260 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 300 W | 95 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | N/A |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 96 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 768 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 16 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 96 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.301 GFLOPS | 1.536 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 0.25 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 2080 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 |
| 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 R7 260
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 R7 260
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 R7 260
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon R7 260
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon R7 260
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
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