Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
Radeon HD 7970
123%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7970
123%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 |
| 23% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 270X |
| 70 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 HD 7970
The Radeon HD 7970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Dec 2011 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7970
67
Radeon R9 270X
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7970
62
Radeon R9 270X
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7970
40
Radeon R9 270X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
60
Radeon R9 270X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7970
43
Radeon R9 270X
38
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7970
39
Radeon R9 270X
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
39
Radeon R9 270X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
54
Radeon R9 270X
42
FPS (higher is better)