GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon HD 7970
Summary
GeForce GTX 1070
229%
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1070
270%
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1070 |
| 170% higher gaming performance. |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1070
The GeForce GTX 1070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1070 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP104 (GP104-200-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,200 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1920 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 120 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1070 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1070 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jun 2016 | vs | 22 Dec 2011 |
GeForce GTX 1070
96.40 GP/s
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1070
180.70 GT/s
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1070
256.30 GB/s
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1070
5783.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1070
24720
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1070
152
Radeon HD 7970
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1070
101
Radeon HD 7970
39
FPS (higher is better)