NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

243
Place in performance rating
246
7.86
Value for money (0-100)
14.46
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK104
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
10 May 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
22 December 2011 (9 years ago)
$399
Launch price (MSRP)
$549
$127 (0.3x MSRP)
Price now
$429 (0.8x MSRP)
no data
Design
reference
20.35
Value for money
5.80
GK104
GPU code name
Tahiti XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
2048
915 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
980 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
102.5 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
118.4
2,459.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,789 gflops
97 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
980 MHz
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
170 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
274 mm
Two 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 2.1 x16
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
384 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
1375 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
Enduro
-
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.2
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
AMD Radeon HD 7970
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
AMD Radeon HD 7970
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
AMD Radeon HD 7970
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
AMD Radeon HD 7970
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
AMD Radeon HD 7970
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

0.029999999999998% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($127 (0.3x MSRP) vs $429 (0.8x MSRP))

Less power consumption (170 Watt vs 300 Watt)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970

More pipelines (2048 vs 1344)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (264 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD 7970?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 versus AMD Radeon HD 7970 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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