AMD Radeon RX 570
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 570
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 570 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

198
Place in performance rating
1692
54.96
Value for money (0-100)
0.05
Polaris
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Polaris 20
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
22 June 2012
$169
Launch price (MSRP)
$499
$433 (2.6x MSRP)
Price now
$512
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Design
reference
20.78
Value for money
no data
Polaris 20 Ellesmere
GPU code name
no data
Desktop
Market segment
no data

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 570 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
2048
1168 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1244 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
159.2
Texture fill rate
134.4
5,095 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,301 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1244 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
5,700 million
Number of transistors
no data
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 570 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.

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

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 RX 570 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
7000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
224.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 570 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 570 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is the additional functionality.

no data
CrossFire
+
+
FreeSync
+
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 570 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 570 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 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 RX 570 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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 RX 570

32.15% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($433 (2.6x MSRP) vs $512)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

More memory bandwidth (288 GB/s vs 224.0 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon RX 570 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 570 .

AMD Radeon RX 570 versus AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition performance benchmarks comparison

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