Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	73	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	54.32	no data
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GB206	Tahiti
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	11 August 2025 (less than a year ago)	22 June 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4352	2048
Core clock speed	982 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1957 MHz	1050 MHz
Number of transistors	21,900 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	266.2	134.4
Floating-point processing power	17.03 TFLOPS	4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	136	128
Tensor Cores	136	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	34	no data
L1 Cache	4.3 MB	512 KB
L2 Cache	32 MB	768 KB

Form factor & 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 support	no data	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	167 mm	274 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR7	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	288 GB/s
Resizable BAR	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	-	+
FreeSync	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	6.8	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.4	-
CUDA	12.0	-
DLSS	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 August 2025	22 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	5 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	250 Watt