Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Radeon R9 280X
101%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Radeon R9 280X
113%
Relative performance
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
13% higher gaming performance. |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
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 | 2048 |
Compute Units | 32 | vs | 32 |
Core clock | 925 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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TDP | 250 watts | vs | 250 watts |
Release Date | 22 Dec 2011 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7970
67
Radeon R9 280X
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7970
62
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7970
40
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
60
Radeon R9 280X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7970
43
Radeon R9 280X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7970
39
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
39
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
54
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)