AMD Radeon HD 7970
VS
Radeon HD 7970 X2
AMD Radeon HD 7970
VS
Radeon HD 7970 X2

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 Radeon HD 7970  vs  Radeon HD 7970 X2.

246
Place in performance rating
not rated
14.46
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Tahiti
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
22 December 2011 (9 years ago)
Release date
31 August 2012 (9 years ago)
$549
Launch price (MSRP)
$899
$429 (0.8x MSRP)
Price now
$316 (0.4x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
5.80
Value for money
no data
Tahiti XT
GPU code name
New Zealand
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 7970  vs  Radeon HD 7970 X2 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.

2048
Pipelines
no data
no data
Core clock speed
925 MHz
925 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
4,313 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
300 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
118.4
Texture fill rate
118.4
3,789 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 3,789 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
925 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,313 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
500 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7970 X2 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
274 mm
Length
292 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
3x 8-pin
PCIe 2.1 x16
Bus support
no data

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 Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon HD 7970 X2.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
1375 MHz
Memory clock speed
5500 MHz
264 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon HD 7970 X2.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

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
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7970 X2 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. 

DirectX® 11
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7970 X2 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 or Radeon HD 7970 X2 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970
Radeon HD 7970 X2
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970
Radeon HD 7970 X2
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970
Radeon HD 7970 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970
Radeon HD 7970 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970
Radeon HD 7970 X2
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 Radeon HD 7970

25.3% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of Radeon HD 7970 X2

Cheaper ($316 (0.4x MSRP) vs $429 (0.8x MSRP))

So, AMD Radeon HD 7970 or Radeon HD 7970 X2?

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

AMD Radeon HD 7970 versus Radeon HD 7970 X2 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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User rating

4.2 Out of 31 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 2 Hitesti Score