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$175
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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $379
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MSRP in USD: $379
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$585
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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$599.97
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Boost Clock
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1070 outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon HD 7970 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce GTX 1070 is 1632 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 70% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1070 - $175.0 vs $585.0
- Up to 62% better value when playing Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves than GeForce GTX 1070 - $2.97 vs $7.8 per FPS
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
- Performs up to 27% better in Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves than Radeon HD 7970 - 75 vs 59 FPS
- Consumes up to 40% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 150 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
59
78.66666666666666%
Value, $/FPS
$2.97/FPS
100%
Price, $
$175
100%
Value Winner
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
FPS
75
100%
Value, $/FPS
$7.8/FPS
38.07692307692308%
Price, $
$585
29%
FPS Winner
MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G)
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Updated 315145 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
27.483751160631385%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
58.61386138613862%
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
107.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
202 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 10th, 2016 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 10 |
| $549 | MSRP | $379 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1506 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1683 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2002 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce GTX 1070
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
61 FPS
$13.24/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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