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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 580

AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 logo
General information Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 580
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 3072 MB 0 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 772 MHz 22.8 %
Effective Clock 6600 MHz 0 % 4212 MHz 36.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 244 W 2.4 %
Length 320 mm 3 % 330 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 580
Overall Score 36808 0 % 34322 6.8 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13548 0 % 11780 13 %
2D Benchmark Score 728.5 0 % 472.7 35.1 %
Average DirectX performance 39.5 FPS 3.8 % 41.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 58.7 FPS 32.9 % 87.4 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 31.9 FPS 0 % 21.9 FPS 31.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 48.6 FPS 0 % 39.8 FPS 18 %
DirectX 12 performance 18.8 FPS 0 % 15.1 FPS 19.9 %
Graphic card computing 3231.1 operations/s 0 % 1472.8 operations/s 54.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7970, GeForce GTX 580.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.9 FPS 72.3 FPS
High settings 142.0 FPS 130.1 FPS
Medium settings 170.3 FPS 156.1 FPS
Low settings 238.5 FPS 218.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 7970, GeForce GTX 580.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.3 FPS 57.0 FPS
High settings 110.3 FPS 102.7 FPS
Medium settings 132.4 FPS 123.2 FPS
Low settings 185.4 FPS 172.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.9 %
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