AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM

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Combined performance score

GTX 760 Ti OEM
14.00
+3.4%

GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking343350
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.254.00
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGK104Tahiti XT
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date27 September 2013 (10 years old)22 December 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$549
Current price$229 $89 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7970 has 23% better value for money than GTX 760 Ti OEM.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores13442048
Core clock speed915 MHzno data
Boost clock speed980 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate109.8118.4
Floating-point performance2,634 gflops3,789 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm274 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s264 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinityno data+
HDMI++
DisplayPort supportno data-

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno data-
CrossFireno data1
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data-
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data-

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126no data
Mantleno data-
CUDA3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 760 Ti OEM 14.00
+3.4%
HD 7970 13.54

GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 3% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 760 Ti OEM 5427
+3.4%
HD 7970 5248

GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 3% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p100−110
−5%
105
+5%
Full HD95−100
+2.2%
93
−2.2%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.00 13.54
Recency 27 September 2013 22 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 300 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM and Radeon HD 7970. The differences in performance seem too small.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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