Radeon HD 7480D vs HD 7970

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7480D, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7970
2012
6 GB GDDR5, 300 Watt
12.52
+1769%

HD 7970 outperforms HD 7480D by a whopping 1769% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4181215
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.12no data
Power efficiency3.820.79
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameTahitiScrapper Lite
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date9 January 2012 (13 years ago)2 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 $53

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

HD 7970 and HD 7480D have a nearly equal value for money.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores2048128
Core clock speedno data723 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate118.46.400
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS0.2048 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs1288

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 x16IGP
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 amount6 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width384 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1375 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth264 GB/sno 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, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
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 compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1111.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)5.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)1.2
Vulkan-N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 7970 12.52
+1769%
HD 7480D 0.67

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 7970 5248
+1768%
HD 7480D 281

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 7970 7770
+1240%
HD 7480D 580

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 7970 24757
+854%
HD 7480D 2595

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD 7970 6862
+1442%
HD 7480D 445

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 7970 43795
+934%
HD 7480D 4236

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:

900p105
+2000%
5−6
−2000%
Full HD93
+745%
11
−745%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.90
−22.5%
4.82
+22.5%
  • HD 7480D has 23% lower cost per frame in 1080p

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+2267%
3−4
−2267%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
God of War 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+2700%
2−3
−2700%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+2267%
3−4
−2267%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Far Cry 5 40−45 0−1
Fortnite 70−75
+2367%
3−4
−2367%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+980%
5−6
−980%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
God of War 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
Valorant 110−120
+296%
27−30
−296%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+2700%
2−3
−2700%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+2267%
3−4
−2267%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 212
+685%
27
−685%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Dota 2 80−85
+600%
12−14
−600%
Far Cry 5 40−45 0−1
Fortnite 70−75
+2367%
3−4
−2367%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+980%
5−6
−980%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
God of War 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Grand Theft Auto V 45−50
+2300%
2−3
−2300%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+450%
6−7
−450%
Valorant 110−120
+296%
27−30
−296%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+2700%
2−3
−2700%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Dota 2 80−85
+600%
12−14
−600%
Far Cry 5 40−45 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+980%
5−6
−980%
God of War 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+450%
6−7
−450%
Valorant 110−120
+296%
27−30
−296%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 70−75
+2367%
3−4
−2367%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
+3100%
3−4
−3100%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Metro Exodus 14−16 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 100−110
+1386%
7−8
−1386%
Valorant 130−140
+1814%
7−8
−1814%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12 0−1
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
God of War 14−16 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
+60%
14−16
−60%
Metro Exodus 9−10 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18 0−1
Valorant 65−70
+1625%
4−5
−1625%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 8−9 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Dota 2 45−50
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
God of War 10−11 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%

This is how HD 7970 and HD 7480D compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970 is 2000% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970 is 745% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 7970 is 3100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 7970 surpassed HD 7480D in all 32 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.52 0.67
Recency 9 January 2012 2 October 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 65 Watt

HD 7970 has a 1768.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

HD 7480D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 361.5% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7970 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7480D in performance tests.

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