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Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 580

Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 580: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

Buy for $129.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 215 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

Buy for $129.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 215 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 580 outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 580 is 1944 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.

Advantages of Radeon RX 580

  • Performs up to 13% better in The Callisto Protocol than Radeon HD 7970 - 77 vs 68 FPS
  • Consumes up to 26% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 185 vs 250 Watts
  • Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
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The Callisto Protocol

The Callisto Protocol

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


FPS

68

88%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


FPS

77

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.69/FPS

100%

Price, $

$129.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

Buy for $129.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 215 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

69%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

61%

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

42.88 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

193 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo

Radeon HD 7970

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AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo

Radeon RX 580

Dec 22nd, 2011Release Date
Apr 18th, 2017
Southern IslandsGenerationPolaris
$549MSRP
$229
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
3 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
384-bitBus256-bit
264 GB/s
Bandwidth256 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
1257 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1340 MHz
1375 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

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