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AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo NVIDIA Quadro K420 logo
General information Radeon HD 7970 Quadro K420
Launched Q3 2012 Q4 2014
Used in Desktop Workstation
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 % 780 MHz 22 %
Boost Clock 975 MHz 0 % 891 MHz 8.6 %
Effective Clock 6600 MHz 0 % 1782 MHz 73 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 41 W 83.6 %
Length 320 mm 0 % 160 mm 50 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Performance Radeon HD 7970 Quadro K420
Overall Score 36827 0 % 13885 62.3 %
Future Proof 21 % 41.7 % 36 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13562 0 % 1928 85.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 730 0 % 277.2 62 %
Average DirectX performance 39.2 FPS 0 % 7.5 FPS 80.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 57.3 FPS 0 % 18 FPS 68.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 31.1 FPS 0 % 3 FPS 90.3 %
DirectX 11 performance 48.6 FPS 0 % 6 FPS 87.7 %
DirectX 12 performance 19.8 FPS 0 % 3 FPS 84.7 %
Graphic card computing 3296.6 operations/s 0 % 342.7 operations/s 89.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7970, Quadro K420.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7970 Quadro K420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.5 FPS 20.5 FPS
High settings 141.3 FPS 37.0 FPS
Medium settings 169.5 FPS 44.4 FPS
Low settings 237.3 FPS 62.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 73.8 %

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, Quadro K420.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7970 Quadro K420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.0 FPS 21.5 FPS
High settings 109.8 FPS 38.7 FPS
Medium settings 131.8 FPS 46.5 FPS
Low settings 184.5 FPS 65.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 64.8 %
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