GPU Comparison
Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance
Performance Comparison
AMD Radeon HD 7970
100%
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
113%
113%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is approximately 13% faster
Technical Specifications
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics ProcessorDifferent | Tahiti | GF110 x2 |
| CoresDifferent | 2048 | 512 x2 |
| TMUsDifferent | 128 | 64 x2 |
| ROPsDifferent | 32 | 48 x2 |
| Memory SizeDifferent | 3 GB | 1536 MB x2 |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus WidthDifferent | 384 bit | 384 bit x2 |
Graphics Processor
| Feature | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU NameDifferent | Tahiti | GF110 |
| GPU VariantDifferent | Tahiti XT(215-0821060) | GF110-351-A1 |
| ArchitectureDifferent | GCN 1.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process SizeDifferent | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| TransistorsDifferent | 4,313 million | 3,000 million |
| DensityDifferent | 12.3M / mm² | 5.8M / mm² |
| Die SizeDifferent | 352 mm² | 520 mm² |
| Chip PackageDifferent | N/A | BGA-1981 |
Graphics Card
| Feature | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Release DateDifferent | Jan 9th, 2012 | Mar 24th, 2011 |
| AnnouncedDifferent | Dec 22nd, 2011 | N/A |
| GenerationDifferent | Southern Islands(HD 7900) | GeForce 500 |
| PredecessorDifferent | Northern Islands | GeForce 400 |
| SuccessorDifferent | Sea Islands | GeForce 600 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch PriceDifferent | 549 USD | 699 USD |
| Bus InterfaceDifferent | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| ReviewsDifferent | 191 in our database | 36 in our database |
Clock Speeds
| Feature | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU ClockDifferent | 925 MHz | 608 MHz |
| Memory ClockDifferent | 1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective | 854 MHz3.4 Gbps effective |
| Shader ClockDifferent | N/A | 1215 MHz |
Memory
| Feature | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory SizeDifferent | 3 GB | 1536 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| BandwidthDifferent | 264.0 GB/s | 164.0 GB/s |
Render Config
| Feature | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading UnitsDifferent | 2048 | 512 |
| TMUsDifferent | 128 | 64 |
| ROPsDifferent | 32 | 48 |
| Compute UnitsDifferent | 32 | N/A |
| L1 CacheDifferent | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 768 KB |
| SM CountDifferent | N/A | 16 |
Theoretical Performance
| Feature | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel RateDifferent | 29.60 GPixel/s | 19.46 GPixel/s |
| Texture RateDifferent | 118.4 GTexel/s | 38.91 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float)Different | 3.789 TFLOPS | 1,244.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double)Different | 947.2 GFLOPS (1:4) | 155.5 GFLOPS (1:8) |
Board Design
| Feature | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| LengthDifferent | 275 mm10.8 inches | 279 mm11 inches |
| Height | 111 mm4.4 inches | 111 mm4.4 inches |
| WidthDifferent | 38 mm1.5 inches | 40 mm1.6 inches |
| TDPDifferent | 250 W | 365 W |
| Suggested PSUDifferent | 600 W | 750 W |
| OutputsDifferent | 1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 | 3x DVI1x mini-DisplayPort |
| Power ConnectorsDifferent | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Board NumberDifferent | 109-C38637-00 | P1020 SKU 5 |
Graphics Features
| Feature | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| DirectXDifferent | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCLDifferent | 2.1 (1.2) | 1.1 |
| VulkanDifferent | 1.2.170 | N/A |
| Shader ModelDifferent | 6.5 (5.1) | 5.1 |
| CUDADifferent | N/A | 2.0 |
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