GeForce GTX 780 vs Radeon HD 7970
Summary
GeForce GTX 780
127%
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 780
138%
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 |
| 38% higher gaming performance. |
| 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) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 780
The GeForce GTX 780 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 863 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 23 May 2013 | vs | 22 Dec 2011 |
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 780
79
Radeon HD 7970
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 780
93
Radeon HD 7970
62
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
55
Radeon HD 7970
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
80
Radeon HD 7970
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 780
58
Radeon HD 7970
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
73
Radeon HD 7970
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
47
Radeon HD 7970
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
68
Radeon HD 7970
54
FPS (higher is better)