AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 500 Watt

Launch date	1 June 2018 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1138 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 500 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

3.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8917
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega 10	New Zealand
Launch date	1 June 2018	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	134	321
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1301 MHz
Core clock speed	1138 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 3,789 gflops
Pipelines		2x 2048
Texture fill rate		2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	5500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5