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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

138%
138%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

90%
90%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 is approximately 48% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GK110
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
2304
2048
TMUsDifferent
192
128
ROPsDifferent
48
32
Memory Size
3 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus Width
384 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
GK110
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
GK110-300-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Kepler
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
7,080 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
12.6M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
561 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2152
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
May 23rd, 2013
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 700
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 600
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 900
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
649 USD
499 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
155 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
863 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
902 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1502 MHz6 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory Size
3 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
384 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
288.4 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
2304
2048
TMUsDifferent
192
128
ROPsDifferent
48
32
SMX CountDifferent
12
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
16 KB (per SMX)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
1536 KB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
43.30 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
173.2 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
4.156 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
173.2 GFLOPS (1:24)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD 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
Width
38 mm1.5 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
250 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
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
P2083 SKU 20, P2083 SKU 21
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.2.175
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
3.5
N/A
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
6.5 (5.1)

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