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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $279
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MSRP in USD: $279
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 590 outperforms the more expensive Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 590 is 2520 days newer than the more expensive Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590
- Performs up to 27% better in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than Radeon HD 7970 - 52 vs 41 FPS
- Up to 31% cheaper than Radeon HD 7970 - $119.99 vs $175.0
- Up to 46% better value when playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than Radeon HD 7970 - $2.31 vs $4.27 per FPS
- Consumes up to 30% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 175 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
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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Radeon RX 590
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
FPS
52
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$119.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
51RISC Radeon RX 590 GME Graphics Card, 2304SP 8GB GDDR5 256bit PCIe 3.0 ×16 1340MHz Base Clock Gaming Video Card (Radeon RX 590 GME)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 590
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
59%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
53%
Radeon RX 590
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
222.5 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Nov 15th, 2018 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Polaris |
| $549 | MSRP | $279 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 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 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1469 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1545 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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