GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon HD 7970
Summary
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Radeon HD 7970
103%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 960
104%
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| 130 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 PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jan 2015 | vs | 22 Dec 2011 |
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 960
47
Radeon HD 7970
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 960
37
Radeon HD 7970
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 960
53
Radeon HD 7970
54
FPS (higher is better)