AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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, 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 RX 5700 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 74% higher core clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 500 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
- Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 24.769 vs 17.707
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 7 July 2019 vs 31 August 2012 |
Core clock speed | 1605 MHz vs 925 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt vs 500 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 24.769 vs 17.707 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
- 7x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 304.8 GT/s
Texture fill rate | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 304.8 GT/s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 16694 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 929 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 77086 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 252.601 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 3949.565 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 24.769 | 17.707 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 254.777 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1322.129 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14699 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3720 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3369 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14699 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3720 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3369 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 9492 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | RDNA | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | Navi 10 | New Zealand |
Launch date | 7 July 2019 | 31 August 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $400 | $899 |
Place in performance rating | 148 | 318 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1905 MHz | |
Compute units | 40 | |
Core clock speed | 1605 MHz | 925 MHz |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 19.51 TFLOPs | |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 9.75 TFLOPs | |
Pixel fill rate | 121.9 GP/s | |
Render output units | 64 | |
Stream Processors | 2560 | |
Texture fill rate | 304.8 GT/s | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Texture Units | 160 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 500 Watt |
Transistor count | 10.3 B | 4,313 million |
Floating-point performance | 2x 3,789 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | |
Pipelines | 2x 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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DisplayPort support | ||
HDMI | ||
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Recommended system power (PSU) | 600 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin | 3x 8-pin |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Length | 292 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_1) |
Vulkan | ||
OpenGL | 4.5 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2x 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 2x 264.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 2x 384 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz | |
Technologies |
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4K H264 Decode | ||
4K H264 Encode | ||
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
FreeSync | ||
H265/HEVC Decode | ||
H265/HEVC Encode | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
VR Ready |