NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1050 MHz
3562.5x more texture fill rate: 478.8 GTexel/s vs 134.4 GTexel / s
4.4x more pipelines: 8960 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 3 GB

Launch date	11 Jan 2022 vs 22 June 2012
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	478.8 GTexel/s vs 134.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	8960 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 3 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	26568
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18806

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 1.0
Code name	GA102	Tahiti
Launch date	11 Jan 2022	22 June 2012
Place in performance rating	5	not rated
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.64 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8960	2048
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	478.8 GTexel/s	134.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		4,301 gflops
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	285 mm, 11.2 inches	274 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync