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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 580

AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 logo
General information Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 580
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 % 3072 MB 0 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 772 MHz 22.8 %
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 % 244 W 2.4 %
Length 320 mm 3 % 330 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 580
Overall Score 36814 0 % 34331 6.7 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13553 0 % 11786 13 %
2D Benchmark Score 732.2 0 % 473.1 35.4 %
Average DirectX performance 39.6 FPS 3.3 % 41 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 58.4 FPS 33.1 % 87.2 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 32.1 FPS 0 % 21.9 FPS 31.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 49.2 FPS 0 % 39.8 FPS 19.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 18.9 FPS 0 % 15.1 FPS 19.8 %
Graphic card computing 3239.1 operations/s 0 % 1452.3 operations/s 55.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7970, GeForce GTX 580.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 79.0 FPS 72.4 FPS
High settings 142.2 FPS 130.4 FPS
Medium settings 170.7 FPS 156.5 FPS
Low settings 239.0 FPS 219.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.3 %

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 580.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7970 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.1 FPS 56.8 FPS
High settings 109.9 FPS 102.2 FPS
Medium settings 131.9 FPS 122.6 FPS
Low settings 184.7 FPS 171.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.1 %
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