Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Vs Radeon R9 380X - HWBench

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Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs Radeon R9 380X

Radeon HD 7970 GHz EditionMemory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOPRelease date: 22 Jun 2012

Radeon R9 380XMemory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOPRelease date: 19 Nov 2015

Summary

Synthetic performance index

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition100%
• Radeon R9 380X123%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition100%
• Radeon R9 380X105%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute

Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Supports Mantle

Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 380X

5% higher gaming performance.

110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition .

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute

Supports FreeSync

Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Supports TrueAudio

Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380X

The Radeon R9 380X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition	Radeon R9 380X
GPU Name	Tahiti (Tahiti XT2)	vs	Antigua (Antigua XT)
Fab Process	28 nm	vs	28 nm
Die Size	352 mm²	vs	366 mm²
Transistors	4,313 million	vs	5,000 million
Shaders	2048	vs	2048
Compute Units	32	vs	32
Core clock	1000 MHz	vs	970 MHz
ROPs	32	vs	32
TMUs	128	vs	128

Memory Configuration

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition	Radeon R9 380X
Memory Type	GDDR5	vs	GDDR5
Bus Width	384 bit	vs	256 bit
Memory Speed	1500 MHz 6000 MHz effective	vs	1425 MHz 5700 MHz effective
Memory Size	3072 Mb	vs	4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition	Radeon R9 380X
TDP	300 watts	vs	190 watts
Release Date	22 Jun 2012	vs	19 Nov 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition32.00 GP/s
• Radeon R9 380X31.04 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition128.00 GT/s
• Radeon R9 380X124.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition288.00 GB/s
• Radeon R9 380X182.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition4096.00 GFLOPs
• Radeon R9 380X3973.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition10830
• Radeon R9 380X13410

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

1920x1080 (Full HD)2560x1440 (WQHD)3840x2160 (4K)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition40
• Radeon R9 380X43

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition64
• Radeon R9 380X60

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition32
• Radeon R9 380X39

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition33
• Radeon R9 380X30

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition45
• Radeon R9 380X56

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition46
• Radeon R9 380X42

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition26
• Radeon R9 380X29

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

• Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition16
• Radeon R9 380X17

FPS (higher is better)

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