AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7970

ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
19.7x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 990 MHz

Launch date	22 December 2011 vs 1 March 2006
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz vs 990 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
Geekbench - OpenCL	34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2276
PassMark - G2D Mark		415
PassMark - G3D Mark		141

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Tahiti	R520
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 December 2011	1 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	483	377
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	321 million
Core clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync