AMD Radeon Pro 575 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 575 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 575

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 140.8 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 4,506 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • 4.9x more memory clock speed: 6800 MHz vs 1375 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34757 vs 34541
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 86.154 vs 84.381
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 539.686 vs 481.76
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9613 vs 9448
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9613 vs 9448
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs 22 December 2011
Texture fill rate 140.8 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,506 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 34757 vs 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 86.154 vs 84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 539.686 vs 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9613 vs 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9613 vs 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1389.754 vs 1090.128
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.872 vs 7.88
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 98.349
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 2814
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 2814
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1389.754 vs 1090.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.872 vs 7.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 101.929 vs 98.349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 vs 2814
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 vs 2814

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 575
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
34757
34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
86.154
84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1090.128
1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.88
8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
98.349
101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
539.686
481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9613
9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2814
3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9613
9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2814
3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3350
Name AMD Radeon Pro 575 AMD Radeon HD 7970
Geekbench - OpenCL 34757 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 86.154 84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1090.128 1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.88 8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.349 101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 539.686 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9613 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2814 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9613 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2814 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2276

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 575 AMD Radeon HD 7970

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 20 Tahiti
Launch date 5 June 2017 22 December 2011
Place in performance rating 486 483
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $549

Technical info

Core clock speed 1096 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,506 gflops 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 2048
Texture fill rate 140.8 GTexel / s 118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million
Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Stream Processors 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 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 241 mm 274 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 217.6 GB / s 264 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync