Radeon RX 470D vs HD 7970

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	355	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.00	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Tahiti XT	Ellesmere
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	22 December 2011 (12 years ago)	21 October 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	no data
Current price	$89 (0.2x MSRP)	$201

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	2048	1792
Core clock speed	no data	926 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	1206 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	118.4	135.1
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	4,322 gflops

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	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	274 mm	241 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	6600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	211.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 December 2011	21 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	120 Watt

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