Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 570 vs Radeon HD 7990
AMD
Radeon RX 570
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 1 Apr 2017
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7990
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 24 Apr 2013
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 570
- 255 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7990 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7990
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 570 | Radeon HD 7990 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) | Malta () |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 365 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 32 | 32 |
| Core clock | 926 MHz | 950 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 570 | Radeon HD 7990 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 384 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 570 | Radeon HD 7990 |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 375 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | 24 Apr 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 57038.60 GP/s
- Radeon HD 799060.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 570154.40 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7990244.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 570211.20 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7990576.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 5704940.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 79907782.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better