Radeon RX 480 vs Radeon HD 7970
Summary
Radeon RX 480
171%
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 480
153%
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 480 |
| 53% 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon RX 480
The Radeon RX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 22 Dec 2011 |
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
18430
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
84
Radeon HD 7970
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
59
Radeon HD 7970
39
FPS (higher is better)