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Graphics card overview

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

3072 Mb GDDR5 Released 22 Jun 2012 DESKTOP
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Core configuration

GPUTahiti
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2048 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance4096.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size3072 Mb
Memory Bus Width384 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth288.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is a graphics card released by AMD on 22 Jun 2012. The graphics card houses the Tahiti die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 4,313 million transistors on a 28 nm, 352 mm² die.

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition pros and cons

  • 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Compare GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Compare GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050 Compare Radeon R9 380X Radeon R9 380X Compare
Shader units 2048 768 768 640 2048
ROPs 32 24 32 32 32
Graphics processor Tahiti GP107 GP107 GP107 Antigua
Process size 28 nm 14 nm 14 nm 14 nm 28 nm
Memory 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)		 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 384 bit 96 bit 128 bit 128 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 288.00 Gb/s 84.10 Gb/s 112.10 Gb/s 112.10 Gb/s 182.40 Gb/s
Release date 22 Jun 2012 21 May 2018 25 Oct 2016 25 Oct 2016 19 Nov 2015

Benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 65
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 64
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 62
  • Radeon R9 380X 60
  • GeForce GTX 1050 58

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 46
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 43
  • Radeon R9 380X 42
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 41
  • GeForce GTX 1050 39

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon R9 380X 39
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 38
  • GeForce GTX 1050 33
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 32

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon R9 380X 29
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 29
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 26
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 26
  • GeForce GTX 1050 25

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon R9 380X 17
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 16
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 11
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 9

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 380X 43
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 40

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 33
  • Radeon R9 380X 30

FPS (higher is better)