AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 videocard review

Radeon HD 7970 X2 videocard released by AMD; release date: 31 August 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $899. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed New Zealand.

Core clock speed - 925 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 2048. Floating-point performance - 2x 3,789 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 500 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 3 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 264.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

17.707 Frames/s

Name	Value
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	17.707 Frames/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	New Zealand
Launch date	31 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$899
Place in performance rating	328
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	500 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5