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$559
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Boost Clock
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $599
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MSRP in USD: $599
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Same as Founder's Edition
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Boost Clock
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$499
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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$598
In Stock
Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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MSRP in USD: $549
Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1080 is 1618 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
- Performs up to 1% better in League of Legends than Radeon HD 7970 - 371 vs 367 FPS
- Consumes up to 28% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 180 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 75% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1080 - $138.95 vs $559.0
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)
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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
Very High
GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
110.9 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
277.3 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
26.690712353471596%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
42.697439596105305%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
May 27th, 2016 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 10 | Generation | Southern Islands |
| $599 | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5X | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
320.3 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
1607 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| 1733 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 1251 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
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