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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

295%
295%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

34%
34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is approximately 261% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GP102
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
3584
2048
TMUsDifferent
224
128
ROPsDifferent
88
32
Memory SizeDifferent
11 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
352 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
GP102
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
GP102-350-K1-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Pascal
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
16 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
11,800 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
25.1M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
471 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2397
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Mar 10th, 2017
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 10
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 900
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
699 USD
499 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
149 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1481 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1582 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1376 MHz11 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
11 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
352 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
484.4 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
2048
TMUsDifferent
224
128
ROPsDifferent
88
32
SM CountDifferent
28
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
48 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2.75 MB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
139.2 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
354.4 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
177.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
11.34 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
354.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
112 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
40 mm1.6 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
250 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG611 SKU 50
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
6.1
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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