AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1692
Place in performance rating
409
0.05
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 1.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Tahiti
Code name
GM107
Desktop
Type
Workstation
22 June 2012
Release date
18 May 2016 (5 years ago)
$499
Launch price (MSRP)
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$512
Price now
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Design
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GPU code name
GM107
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Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
640
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Core clock speed
1033 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1306 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
134.4
Texture fill rate
52.24
4,301 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,672 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
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Boost clock speed
1306 MHz
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Number of transistors
1,870 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
225 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
274 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
PCIe 2.1 x16
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1500 MHz
Memory clock speed
5200 MHz
288 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
83.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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Eyefinity
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q is the additional functionality.

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CrossFire
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FreeSync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition or NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

More pipelines (2048 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (288 GB/s vs 83.2 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

11.96% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (225 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition or NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q .

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition versus NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q performance benchmarks comparison

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