AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition VS NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory384
Cores48.06 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GT 1030
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
GeForce GT 1030
$79 • May 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 300 W | 30 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 1468 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 48.06 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 384 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 24 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 23.49 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 48.06 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.301 GFLOPS | 1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 0.50 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 74 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 1800 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 200 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
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
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
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
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
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
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
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