Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 vs HD 7970 GHz Edition

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameTahitiTahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date22 June 2012 (13 years ago)31 January 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

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 cores20481536
Core clock speedno data925 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate134.488.80
Floating-point processing power4.301 TFLOPS2.842 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs12896
L1 Cache512 KB384 KB
L2 Cache768 KB768 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 supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length274 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB3 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth288 GB/s240.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x 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.

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 June 2012 31 January 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 185 Watt

HD 7970 GHz Edition has an age advantage of 4 months.

HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1, on the other hand, has 35.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1. We've got no test results to judge.

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