NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 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, 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

9x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2560
Around 1% better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 7,516 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2560
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops vs 7,516 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	11533
PassMark - G2D Mark	735
Geekbench - OpenCL	45938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP104	New Zealand
Launch date	27 June 2017	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	178	321
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	7,516 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	234.9 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 8-pin
Length		292 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready