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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $99
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$109.99
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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MSRP in USD: $549
Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms the more expensive Radeon RX 560 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 1944 days older than the more expensive Radeon RX 560.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 560
- Consumes up to 70% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 75 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 33% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 4 vs 3 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 7% better in Dead Island 2 than Radeon RX 560 - 60 vs 56 FPS
- Up to 35% cheaper than Radeon RX 560 - $138.95 vs $214.99
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
VisionTek Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 4M 4K Graphics Card, 4 Mini DisplayPort, 7.1 Surround Sound, PCI Express, Low-Profile GPU, ATX & SFF - 901278
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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 560
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 560
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
20.4 GPixel/s
68.91891891891892%
Texel Fillrate
81.6 GTexel/s
68.91891891891892%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 560 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
Apr 18th, 2017 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| Polaris | Generation | Southern Islands |
$99 | 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 |
4 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 112 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
1175 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| 1275 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 560 or Radeon HD 7970
Dead Island 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
1 FPS
$449/FPS
Radeon RX 560
Ryzen 5 4500
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1298/FPS
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Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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