AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 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 Vega 64
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1247 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 186.8x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
- 2x more pipelines: 8192 vs 2x 2048
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 500 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Launch date | 7 August 2017 vs 31 August 2012 |
Core clock speed | 1247 MHz vs 925 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 395.80 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Pipelines | 8192 vs 2x 2048 |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 295 Watt vs 500 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
- 596.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
- 2.9x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1890 MHz
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.707 vs 14.889
Specifications (specs) | |
Floating-point performance | 2x 3,789 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 1890 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 17.707 vs 14.889 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 14406 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 801 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 204168 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 195.478 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2129.009 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 14.889 | 17.707 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 129.271 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1328.033 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14744 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14744 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 7527 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 5.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | Vega 10 | New Zealand |
Design | Radeon RX Vega Series | |
Launch date | 7 August 2017 | 31 August 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $899 |
Place in performance rating | 172 | 318 |
Price now | $449.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 41.07 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1546 MHz | |
Compute units | 64 | |
Core clock speed | 1247 MHz | 925 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 12.7 TFLOPs | 2x 3,789 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 840 GFLOPs | |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 26.7 TFLOPs | |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 13.4 TFLOPs | |
Pipelines | 8192 | 2x 2048 |
Pixel fill rate | 98.90 GP/s | |
Render output units | 64 | |
Stream Processors | 4096 | |
Texture fill rate | 395.80 GTexel/s | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Texture Units | 256 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 295 Watt | 500 Watt |
Transistor count | 12,500 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 279 mm | 292 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 750 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 3x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2x 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 2x 264.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 2048 bit | 2x 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1890 MHz | 5500 MHz |
Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
FreeSync | ||
PowerTune | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
VR Ready | ||
ZeroCore |