AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 925 MHz
93.8x more texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB

Launch date	9 Mar 2020 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

2.8x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)

Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	657
PassMark - G3D Mark	8560
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6839
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6839
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	20161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 20	New Zealand
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	9 Mar 2020	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	206	321
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	397.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.359 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.359 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate	44.16 GPixel/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 3,789 gflops
Pipelines		2x 2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm (9.5 inches)	292 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	3x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support