Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 690 vs Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 690
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 3 May 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Jun 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 690164%
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 690150%
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 690
- 50% higher gaming performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 690
The GeForce GTX 690 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (60 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-355-A2) | Tahiti (Tahiti XT2) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 32 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | 300 watts |
| Release Date | 3 May 2012 | 22 Jun 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 69058.60 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 690234.00 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition128.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 690384.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6905622.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition4096.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 69017860
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition10830
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Alan Wake
- GeForce GTX 690139.3
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition91.4
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- GeForce GTX 690137.2
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition100.6
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- GeForce GTX 690133.5
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition78.9
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 69098
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition71
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 690118
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition68
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- GeForce GTX 690139.1
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition101.4
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- GeForce GTX 69076.3
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition60.5
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- GeForce GTX 690104.5
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition70.3
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 69078
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition44
FPS (higher is better)
Diablo III
- GeForce GTX 690321.7
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition168.1
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- GeForce GTX 690127.7
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition65.9
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- GeForce GTX 690153.5
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition110.2
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 69072
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition71
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- GeForce GTX 690125.2
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition79.2
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- GeForce GTX 69051.2
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition36.2
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 69068
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition47
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- GeForce GTX 690115.5
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition83.9
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- GeForce GTX 690120.4
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition87.7
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- GeForce GTX 690175.3
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition103.7
FPS (higher is better)
StarCraft II
- GeForce GTX 690228.1
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition187.3
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- GeForce GTX 69082.5
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition78.5
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- GeForce GTX 690115.1
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition58.8
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- GeForce GTX 690124.8
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition76.3
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- GeForce GTX 690177.6
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition102.9
FPS (higher is better)
Alan Wake
- GeForce GTX 69086.9
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition59.4
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- GeForce GTX 69098.6
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition64.1
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- GeForce GTX 69082.6
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition49.9
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- GeForce GTX 690124.1
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition71.9
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- GeForce GTX 69056.1
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition38.3
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- GeForce GTX 69069.7
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition44.3
FPS (higher is better)
Diablo III
- GeForce GTX 690219.3
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition123.9
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- GeForce GTX 69086.6
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition47.2
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- GeForce GTX 690129.9
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition129.9
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- GeForce GTX 69087.3
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition55.2
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- GeForce GTX 69038.7
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition24.3
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- GeForce GTX 69075.9
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition53.8
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- GeForce GTX 69077.5
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition58.9
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- GeForce GTX 690112.1
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition67.5
FPS (higher is better)
StarCraft II
- GeForce GTX 690227.8
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition152
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- GeForce GTX 69080.7
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition73.2
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- GeForce GTX 69069.7
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition35.7
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- GeForce GTX 69083
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition53.8
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- GeForce GTX 690134.8
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition73.6
FPS (higher is better)
Alan Wake
- GeForce GTX 69059
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition39.7
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- GeForce GTX 69065.4
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition42.2
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- GeForce GTX 69055.8
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition35.5
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- GeForce GTX 69089.8
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition50.7
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- GeForce GTX 69034.6
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition24
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- GeForce GTX 69045.5
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition28.1
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- GeForce GTX 69071.2
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition38.2
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- GeForce GTX 69047.7
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition64
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- GeForce GTX 69058.6
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition42
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- GeForce GTX 69028
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition18.7
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- GeForce GTX 69050.8
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition92.5
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- GeForce GTX 69049.8
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition39
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- GeForce GTX 69069.8
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition42.9
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- GeForce GTX 69055.9
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition50.2
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- GeForce GTX 69041.2
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition20.9
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- GeForce GTX 69051.4
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition34.2
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- GeForce GTX 69071.1
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition48.2
FPS (higher is better)