Product Compare
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo
| GPU | GPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | ||
| Release Date | Jun 2012 | Apr 2016 |
| Generation | Southern Islands | Radeon Pro |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Clock Speeds | ||
| Base Clock | 1000 MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Size | 3GB | 4GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | HBM |
| Memory Bus | 384bit | 4096bit |
| Bandwidth | 288.0GB/s | 512.0GB/s |
| Render Config | ||
| Compute Units | 32 | 64 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 4096 |
| TMUs | 128 | 256 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per CU) |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 2 MB |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| Pixel Rate | 33.60 GPixel/s | 64.00 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 134.4 GTexel/s | 256.0 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) | 4.301 TFLOPS | 8.192 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) | 1075 GFLOPS | 512.0 GFLOPS |
| FP16 (half) | 8.192 TFLOPS | |
| Graphics Processor | ||
| GPU Name | Tahiti | Capsaicin |
| GPU Variant | Tahiti XT2(215-0821065) | Capsaicin XT |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 3.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 4.313 billion | 8.9 billion |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 596 mm² |
| Board Design | ||
| TDP | 300W | 350W |
| Suggested PSU | 700 W | 750 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 | 1x HDMI 1.4a3x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 3x 8-pin |
| Graphics Features | ||
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.0 |