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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 650

AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 logo
General information Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 650
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 2048 MB 33.3 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 5.5 % 1058 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 6600 MHz 0 % 6008 MHz 9 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 64 W 74.4 %
Length 320 mm 0 % 245 mm 23.4 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 650
Overall Score 36823 0 % 21264 42.3 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13560 0 % 4522 66.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 733.7 0 % 361.4 50.7 %
Average DirectX performance 39.2 FPS 0 % 16 FPS 59.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 57.1 FPS 0 % 36.1 FPS 36.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 31.3 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 77.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 48.7 FPS 0 % 14 FPS 71.3 %
DirectX 12 performance 19.7 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 64.5 %
Graphic card computing 3304.1 operations/s 0 % 832.1 operations/s 74.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7970, GeForce GTX 650.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 38.0 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 68.3 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 82.0 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 114.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.4 %

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 650.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.0 FPS 34.2 FPS
High settings 109.8 FPS 61.5 FPS
Medium settings 131.8 FPS 73.8 FPS
Low settings 184.5 FPS 103.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 44 %
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