Radeon HD 7970M X2 vs RX 7900 XTX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	14	not rated
Place by popularity	57	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	42.81	no data
Power efficiency	16.27	no data
Architecture	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Navi 31	Wimbledon
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 November 2022 (3 years ago)	24 April 2012 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	6144	1280 ×2
Core clock speed	1929 MHz	850 MHz
Boost clock speed	2498 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	57,700 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	355 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	959.2	68.00 ×2
Floating-point processing power	61.39 TFLOPS	2.176 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	192	32 ×2
TMUs	384	80 ×2
Ray Tracing Cores	96	no data
L0 Cache	3 MB	no data
L1 Cache	3 MB	320 KB
L2 Cache	6 MB	512 KB
L3 Cache	96 MB	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	287 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	2 GB ×2
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	153.6 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	-
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	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.8	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.2	2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan	1.3	1.2.170

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 November 2022	24 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	5 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	355 Watt	200 Watt