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Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon R9 280X

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Performance score

Radeon HD 7970 · 3 GB GDDR5
7.00
Radeon R9 280X 2013 · 3 GB GDDR5, 250 W
7.42 +6%
Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 6600 GeForce RTX 4060 GeForce RTX 5060 Radeon RX 9070 XT GeForce RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 5090

By our estimate, Radeon R9 280X beats Radeon HD 7970 by 6%.

The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.

Overview

Radeon HD 7970Radeon R9 280X
Score (0–100) 7 7.42
Ranking position 189 184
Power efficiency (0–100) no data 14.23
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Type Desktop Desktop
Architecture GCN GCN
Release date no data 2013-10-08

Specifications

Radeon HD 7970Radeon R9 280X
Shader cores 2048 2048
Base clock no data 850 MHz
Boost clock 925 MHz 1000 MHz
FP32 TFLOPS (calculated) 3.79 4.1
Hardware ray tracing no no

Video memory

Radeon HD 7970Radeon R9 280X
VRAM 3 GB 3 GB
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory bus no data 384 bit
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 288 GB/s

Power and connection

Radeon HD 7970Radeon R9 280X
Board power no data 250 W

Pros and cons

Radeon HD 7970

  • no notable advantages

Radeon R9 280X

  • 6% higher overall score
  • higher memory bandwidth: 288 vs 264 GB/s

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