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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

38%
38%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

266%
266%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is approximately 228% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GT200
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
240
2048
TMUsDifferent
80
128
ROPs
32
32
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
512 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
GT200
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
G200-300-A2
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Tesla 2.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
65 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
1,400 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
2.4M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
576 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2236
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Jun 16th, 2008
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 200
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 9
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 400
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
649 USD
499 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
59 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU ClockDifferent
602 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
1296 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1107 MHz2.2 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1050 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
512 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
141.7 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
240
2048
TMUsDifferent
80
128
ROPs
32
32
SM CountDifferent
30
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
256 KB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
16 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
19.26 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
48.16 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
622.1 GFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
77.76 GFLOPS (1:8)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
Height
111 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
TDPDifferent
236 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x S-Video
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
P651 SKU 0
109-C38637-00
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
4.0
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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