Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon R9 380X
Summary
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Radeon R9 380X
124%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Radeon R9 380X
120%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 380X |
| 20% higher gaming performance. |
| 60 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380X
The Radeon R9 380X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) | vs | Antigua (Antigua XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | vs | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Dec 2011 | vs | 19 Nov 2015 |
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 380X
31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 380X
124.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 380X
182.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 380X
3973.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Radeon R9 380X
13410
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7970
39
Radeon R9 380X
56
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
39
Radeon R9 380X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
54
Radeon R9 380X
60
FPS (higher is better)