Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Radeon R9 290
143%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7970
100%
Radeon R9 290
140%
Relative performance
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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| 40% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290
The Radeon R9 290 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 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7970 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Dec 2011 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Radeon R9 290
15440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7970
67
Radeon R9 290
89
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7970
62
Radeon R9 290
90
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7970
40
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
60
Radeon R9 290
77
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7970
43
Radeon R9 290
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7970
39
Radeon R9 290
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
39
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon HD 7970
54
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)