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$598
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1080 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 1080 is 1618 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 71% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1080 - $175.0 vs $598.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than GeForce GTX 1080 - $3.18 vs $6.57 per FPS
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
- Performs up to 65% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Radeon HD 7970 - 91 vs 55 FPS
- Consumes up to 28% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 180 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
55
60.43956043956044%
Value, $/FPS
$3.18/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 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
FPS
91
100%
Value, $/FPS
$6.57/FPS
48.401826484018265%
Price, $
$598
29%
FPS Winner
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, 8GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 08G-P4-6180-KR
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
26.690712353471596%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
42.697439596105305%
GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
110.9 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
277.3 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | May 27th, 2016 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 10 |
$549 | MSRP | $599 |
| 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 | GDDR5X |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1607 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1733 MHz |
1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1251 MHz |
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