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In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 590 GME 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 GME is 3000 days newer than the more expensive Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
- Performs up to 15% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Radeon HD 7970 - 93 vs 81 FPS
- Up to 31% cheaper than Radeon HD 7970 - $119.99 vs $175.0
- Up to 40% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Radeon HD 7970 - $1.29 vs $2.16 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
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
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 GME
Desktop • Mar 9th, 2020
FPS
93
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.29/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
Ultra
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 590 GME
Desktop • Mar 9th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
67%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
59%
Radeon RX 590 GME
Desktop • Mar 9th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
44.16 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
198.7 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 590 GME |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Mar 9th, 2020 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Polaris |
| $549 | MSRP | Not Available |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 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 | 1257 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1380 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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