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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 570

AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 logo
General information Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 570
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 % 2560 MB 16.7 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 732 MHz 26.8 %
Effective Clock 6600 MHz 0 % 4212 MHz 36.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 219 W 12.4 %
Length 320 mm 0 % 292 mm 8.7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 570
Overall Score 36822 0 % 31852 13.5 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13559 0 % 10146 25.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 726.4 0 % 472.6 34.9 %
Average DirectX performance 39.2 FPS 0 % 35.7 FPS 8.8 %
DirectX 9 performance 56.5 FPS 25.4 % 75.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 31.6 FPS 0 % 19.1 FPS 39.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 48.8 FPS 0 % 34.1 FPS 30.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 19.7 FPS 0 % 14 FPS 29.3 %
Graphic card computing 3266.5 operations/s 0 % 1384.1 operations/s 57.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7970, GeForce GTX 570.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 570
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 65.2 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 117.3 FPS
Medium settings 168.8 FPS 140.8 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 197.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.6 %

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 570.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 570
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.9 FPS 52.4 FPS
High settings 109.6 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 131.5 FPS 113.2 FPS
Low settings 184.1 FPS 158.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 14 %
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