Radeon R2 Graphics vs HD 7970 X2

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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 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameNew ZealandBeema
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date31 August 2012 (12 years ago)27 February 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 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 cores2048 ×2128
Core clock speed925 MHz351 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million930 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4 ×22.808
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS ×20.08986 TFLOPS
ROPs32 ×24
TMUs128 ×28

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length292 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount3 GB ×2System Shared
Memory bus width384 Bit ×2System Shared
Memory clock speed1375 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth264.0 GB/s ×2no data
Shared memory-+

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, 4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 August 2012 27 February 2015
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 15 Watt

R2 Graphics has an age advantage of 2 years, and 3233.3% lower power consumption.

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