AMD Cayman
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970
AMD Cayman
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Cayman  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7970.

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Place in performance rating
246
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Value for money (0-100)
14.46
TeraScale 3
Architecture
GCN
Cayman
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
22 December 2011 (9 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$549
$17.44
Price now
$429 (0.8x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
5.80
Cayman
GPU code name
Tahiti XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Cayman  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7970 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1536
Pipelines
2048
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Boost Clock
925 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
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Texture fill rate
118.4
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Floating-point performance
3,789 gflops
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
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Boost clock speed
925 MHz
2,640 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon HD 7970 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Cayman vs AMD Radeon HD 7970.

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

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Cayman vs AMD Radeon HD 7970.

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

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon HD 7970 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman 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 AMD Cayman or AMD Radeon HD 7970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon HD 7970
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon HD 7970
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon HD 7970
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon HD 7970
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon HD 7970
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $429 (0.8x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970

24.28% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 1536)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Cayman or AMD Radeon HD 7970?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7970 .

AMD Cayman versus AMD Radeon HD 7970 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Unigine Heaven 4.0

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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Passmark

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User rating

5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score
4.2 Out of 31 Hitesti Score