Key Differences
In short — Radeon VII outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon VII is 2604 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than AMD Radeon VII - 250 vs 295 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon VII
- Performs up to 42% better in Crysis 3 Remastered than Radeon HD 7970 - 104 vs 73 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
Crysis 3 Remastered
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Desktop • Feb 7th, 2019
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
26.42857142857143%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
28.190476190476193%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon VII |
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Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Feb 7th, 2019 |
Southern Islands | Generation | Vega II |
$549 | MSRP | $699 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
3 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | HBM2 |
384-bit | Bus | 4096-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 1024 GB/s |
925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1400 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |