AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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.

AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
3.3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45762 vs 34541

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 22 December 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	45762 vs 34541

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

3x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
3x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB

Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45762

34541

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7970
Geekbench - OpenCL	45762	34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		84.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1390.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.336
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Tahiti
Launch date	8 January 2013	22 December 2011
Place in performance rating	475	478
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,280 gflops	3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	2048
Texture fill rate	40 GTexel / s	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		925 MHz
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	264 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync