Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT2) | 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 | 1000 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jun 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
FPS (higher is better)