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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 560 SE

AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE logo
General information Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 560 SE
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 % 1024 MB 66.7 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 736 MHz 26.4 %
Effective Clock 6600 MHz 0 % 3828 MHz 42 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 150 W 40 %
Length 320 mm 0 % 236 mm 26.3 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 560 SE
Overall Score 36823 0 % 22238 39.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13560 0 % 4945 63.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 733.7 0 % 423.4 42.3 %
Average DirectX performance 39.2 FPS 0 % 19.4 FPS 50.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 57.1 FPS 0 % 48.7 FPS 14.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 31.3 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 74.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 48.7 FPS 0 % 14.1 FPS 71 %
DirectX 12 performance 19.7 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 64.7 %
Graphic card computing 3304.1 operations/s 0 % 864.8 operations/s 73.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7970, GeForce GTX 560 SE.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 560 SE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 40.4 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 72.7 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 87.2 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 122.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 48.3 %

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 560 SE.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 560 SE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.0 FPS 35.8 FPS
High settings 109.8 FPS 64.5 FPS
Medium settings 131.8 FPS 77.4 FPS
Low settings 184.5 FPS 108.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.3 %
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