Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 580 outperforms Radeon HD 7970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 580 is 1820 days newer than Radeon HD 7970M.
Advantages of Radeon HD 7970M
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 580 - 100 vs 185 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 580
- Performs up to 44% better in Cities: Skylines II than Radeon HD 7970M - 23 vs 16 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970M - 8 vs 2 GB
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
FPS
23
100%
Value, €/FPS
€5.09/FPS
100%
Price, €
€117.11
100%
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
42.88 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
193 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970M | vs | Radeon RX 580 |
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Apr 24th, 2012 | Release Date | Apr 18th, 2017 |
London | Generation | Polaris |
Not Available | MSRP | $229 |
None | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
None | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
2 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1257 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1340 MHz |
1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |