AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost
- Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 250 Watt
- 3.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt vs 250 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 1500 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
- Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 925 MHz
- Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 134.4 GTexel / s vs 103.6 GTexel / s
- Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
- Around 30% better floating-point performance: 4,301 gflops vs 3,315 gflops
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 134.4 GTexel / s vs 103.6 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1792 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,301 gflops vs 3,315 gflops |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Tahiti | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 22 June 2012 | 22 June 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $499 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,315 gflops | 4,301 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1792 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 103.6 GTexel / s | 134.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,313 million | 4,313 million |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 274 mm | 274 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 240.0 GB / s | 288 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| CrossFire | ||
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