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Radeon HD 7970M vs Radeon RX 580

Radeon HD 7970M vs Radeon RX 580: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
maxsun AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB 2048SP GDDR5 Computer Video Scheda grafica GPU per PC Gaming 256-Bit DirectX 12 DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort Multi Monitor Extender Decodifica 4k

Buy for 136.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 39 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
maxsun AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB 2048SP GDDR5 Computer Video Scheda grafica GPU per PC Gaming 256-Bit DirectX 12 DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort Multi Monitor Extender Decodifica 4k

Buy for 136.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 39 minutes ago

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 10% better in Far Cry 3 than Radeon HD 7970M - 159 vs 145 FPS
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970M - 8 vs 2 GB
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Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012


FPS

145

91%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


FPS

159

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.86/FPS

100%

Price, €

€136.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

maxsun AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB 2048SP GDDR5 Computer Video Scheda grafica GPU per PC Gaming 256-Bit DirectX 12 DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort Multi Monitor Extender Decodifica 4k

Buy for 136.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 39 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

27.2 GPixel/s

63%

Texel Fillrate

68 GTexel/s

35%

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

42.88 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

193 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo

Radeon HD 7970M

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AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo

Radeon RX 580

Apr 24th, 2012Release Date
Apr 18th, 2017
LondonGenerationPolaris
Not AvailableMSRP$229
NoneOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 8-pin
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus256-bit
153.6 GB/sBandwidth
256 GB/s
850 MHzBase Clock Speed
1257 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1340 MHz
1200 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

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