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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 27% better in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than Radeon HD 7970M - 57 vs 45 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970M - 8 vs 2 GB
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon RX 580
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
FPS
57
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.51/FPS
100%
Price, £
£143.05
100%
FPS and Value Winner
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition OC 8 GB GDDR5 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D Graphics Card - Black
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon HD 7970M
Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012
Radeon RX 580
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 580
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
42.88 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
193 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970M | vs | Radeon RX 580 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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