Graphics card overview

Radeon HD 7970

AMD

Radeon HD 7970

3072 Mb GDDR5 Released 22 Dec 2011 DESKTOP

Core configuration

GPU	Tahiti
Architecture	AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	2048 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	3789.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size	3072 Mb
Memory Bus Width	384 bit
Memory Speed	1375 MHz 5500 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	264.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 7970 is a graphics card released by AMD on 22 Dec 2011. 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 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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	GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Compare	GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Compare	GeForce GTX 1050 Compare	Radeon RX 460 Compare
Shader units	2048	768	768	640	896
ROPs	32	24	32	32	16
Graphics processor	Tahiti	GP107	GP107	GP107	Baffin
Process size	28 nm	14 nm	14 nm	14 nm	14 nm
Memory	3072 Mb GDDR5 (1375 MHz 5500 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)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz 7000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	384 bit	96 bit	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit
Memory bandwidth	264.00 Gb/s	84.10 Gb/s	112.10 Gb/s	112.10 Gb/s	112.00 Gb/s
Release date	22 Dec 2011	21 May 2018	25 Oct 2016	25 Oct 2016	29 Jun 2016