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AMD logo Radeon VII
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970

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General information Radeon VII Radeon HD 7970
Launched Q1 2019 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 16384 MB 0 % 3072 MB 81.3 %
Core Clock 1400 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 28.6 %
Boost Clock 1801 MHz 0 % 975 MHz 45.9 %
Effective Clock 2000 MHz 69.7 % 6600 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 W 0 % 250 W 16.7 %
Length 280 mm 12.5 % 320 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon VII Radeon HD 7970
Overall Score 65676 0 % 36822 43.9 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 21 % 67.7 %
Benchmark Score 43133 0 % 13559 68.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 792.1 0 % 730 7.8 %
Average DirectX performance 127 FPS 0 % 39.1 FPS 69.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 213.5 FPS 0 % 57.2 FPS 73.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 106.5 FPS 0 % 31 FPS 70.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 109 FPS 0 % 48.3 FPS 55.7 %
DirectX 12 performance 78.9 FPS 0 % 19.8 FPS 74.9 %
Graphic card computing 7155.6 operations/s 0 % 3245.9 operations/s 54.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Radeon VII Radeon HD 7970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.1 FPS 78.2 FPS
High settings 282.8 FPS 140.8 FPS
Medium settings 339.3 FPS 169.0 FPS
Low settings 475.1 FPS 236.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 50.2 %

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 VII, Radeon HD 7970.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon VII Radeon HD 7970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.0 FPS 61.1 FPS
High settings 199.7 FPS 110.0 FPS
Medium settings 239.7 FPS 132.0 FPS
Low settings 335.6 FPS 184.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.9 %
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