Radeon RX 580 vs Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 |
61% higher gaming performance. |
150 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 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580
The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | |
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GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XT2) |
Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 4,313 million |
Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2048 |
Compute Units | 36 | vs | 32 |
Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 144 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580 | | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | |
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TDP | 150 watts | vs | 300 watts |
Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 22 Jun 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - 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 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)