amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon R9 290X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 300 W | 290 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | N/A |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 176 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 512-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 64 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 320 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.301 GFLOPS | 5.632 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 6200 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 R9 290X
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 R9 290X
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 R9 290X
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 290X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
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