AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1190 MHz vs 925 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1375 MHz
| Launch date | 14 November 2018 vs 22 December 2011 |
| Boost clock speed | 1190 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2400 MHz vs 1375 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 26775
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 8311
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 1842
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1663
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 8311
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 1842
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1663
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 vs 26775 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 vs 8311 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 vs 1842 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 1663 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 vs 8311 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 vs 1842 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 1663 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970
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| Name | AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5020 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 554 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 26775 | 34541 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8311 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1842 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1663 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8311 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1842 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1663 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | 2276 |
| 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 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | |
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| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Vega 12 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 14 November 2018 | 22 December 2011 |
| Place in performance rating | 490 | 492 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1190 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | |
| Pipelines | 2048 | |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s | |
| Transistor count | 4,313 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 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 | 267 mm | 274 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Memory clock speed | 2400 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s | |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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