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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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MSRP in USD: $549
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 460 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 1691 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 460.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 460
- Up to 2% cheaper than Radeon HD 7970 - $172.02 vs $175.0
- Consumes up to 70% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 75 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 6% better in Immortals of Aveum than Radeon RX 460 - 19 vs 18 FPS
- Up to 4% better value when playing Immortals of Aveum than Radeon RX 460 - $9.21 vs $9.56 per FPS
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 460 - 3 vs 2 GB
Immortals of Aveum
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Radeon RX 460 2GB GDDR5 PCIe DVI Video Card w/HDMI, DisplayPort, FreeSync and HDCP Support
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Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
19
100%
Value, $/FPS
$9.21/FPS
100%
Price, $
$175
98%
FPS and Value Winner
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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 460
Desktop • Aug 8th, 2016
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 460 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
Aug 8th, 2016 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| Arctic Islands | Generation | Southern Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 112 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
1090 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| 1200 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
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