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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 460 SE

AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE logo
General information Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 460 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 % 650 MHz 35 %
Effective Clock 6600 MHz 0 % 4008 MHz 39.3 %
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 % 241 mm 24.7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Overall Score 36823 0 % 22794 38.1 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13559 0 % 5196 61.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 726.4 0 % 367.6 49.4 %
Average DirectX performance 39.2 FPS 0 % 19.7 FPS 49.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 56.6 FPS 0 % 47 FPS 17 %
DirectX 10 performance 31.5 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 74.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 48.6 FPS 0 % 16.9 FPS 65.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 20 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 65.2 %
Graphic card computing 3274.8 operations/s 0 % 771.1 operations/s 76.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7970, GeForce GTX 460 SE.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 41.8 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 75.2 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 90.3 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 126.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.5 %

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 460 SE.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.0 FPS 36.8 FPS
High settings 109.8 FPS 66.2 FPS
Medium settings 131.8 FPS 79.5 FPS
Low settings 184.5 FPS 111.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.7 %
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