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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GT 640

AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 logo
General information Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GT 640
Launched Q3 2012 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 25 % 4096 MB 0 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 900 MHz 10 %
Effective Clock 6600 MHz 0 % 5010 MHz 24.1 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 65 W 74 %
Length 320 mm 0 % 210 mm 34.4 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GT 640
Overall Score 36848 0 % 17443 52.7 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 16 % 23.8 %
Benchmark Score 13578 0 % 3043 77.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 722.7 0 % 289.8 59.9 %
Average DirectX performance 38.9 FPS 0 % 10.8 FPS 72.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 56.7 FPS 0 % 24.1 FPS 57.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 30.8 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 86.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 48 FPS 0 % 10.1 FPS 79 %
DirectX 12 performance 20 FPS 0 % 5 FPS 75 %
Graphic card computing 3285.6 operations/s 0 % 620.1 operations/s 81.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7970, GeForce GT 640.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GT 640
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.6 FPS 28.7 FPS
High settings 141.4 FPS 51.6 FPS
Medium settings 169.7 FPS 61.9 FPS
Low settings 237.6 FPS 86.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 63.5 %

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 GT 640.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GT 640
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.4 FPS 27.6 FPS
High settings 110.6 FPS 49.6 FPS
Medium settings 132.7 FPS 59.6 FPS
Low settings 185.7 FPS 83.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.1 %
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