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Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1070 outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1070 is 1632 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 70% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1070 - $101.59 vs $342.93
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
- Performs up to 44% better in Borderlands 3 than Radeon HD 7970 - 82 vs 57 FPS
- Consumes up to 40% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 150 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
27.483751160631385%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
58.61386138613862%
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
107.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
202 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 10th, 2016 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 10 |
| $549 | MSRP | $379 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1506 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1683 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2002 MHz |
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