Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
Radeon HD 7970
125%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7970
127%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 |
| 27% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 XT |
| 65 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 7970
The Radeon HD 7970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Dec 2011 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Radeon HD 7870 XT
8590
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7970
62
Radeon HD 7870 XT
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7970
40
Radeon HD 7870 XT
31
FPS (higher is better)