Radeon HD 7970 X2 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Is dual GPU | Yes | vs | No | About half of graphics cards are dual GPU | |||
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| Significantly higher texture rate | 268.8 GTexel/s | vs | 176 GTexel/s | Around 55% higher texture rate | |||
| Significantly more shading units | 4,096 | vs | 2,816 | 1280 more shading units | |||
| Significantly more texture mapping units | 256 | vs | 176 | 80 more texture mapping units | |||
| Much wider memory bus | 768 bit | vs | 384 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
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| Higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 6,000 MHz | More than 15% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Better floating-point performance | 5,632 GFLOPS | vs | 4,300.8 GFLOPS | More than 30% better floating-point performance | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 96 GPixel/s | vs | 67.2 GPixel/s | Around 45% higher pixel rate | |||
| Significantly more render output processors | 96 | vs | 64 | 32 more render output processors | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,753 MHz | vs | 1,500 MHz | More than 15% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Significantly lower TDP | 250W | vs | 375W | Around 35% lower TDP | |||
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Features Key features of the Radeon HD 7970 X2 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
pixel rate Number of pixels a graphics card can render to the screen every second
texture rate Speed at which a graphics card can perform texture mapping
floating point performance How fast the gpu can crunch numbers
shading units Subcomponents of the gpu, these run in parallel to enable fast pixel shading
texture mapping units Built into each gpu, these resize and rotate bitmaps for texturing scenes
render output processors GPU commponents responsible for transform pixels as they flow between memory buffers
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | vs | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
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| GPU brand | AMD | Nvidia | |
| GPU name | New Zealand | GM200 | |
| Market | Desktop | Desktop | |
| Clock speed | 1,050 MHz | 1,000 MHz | |
| Is dual GPU | Yes | No | |
| Reference card | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 925 MHz 6 GB | None | |
raw performance | |||
| Shading units | 4,096 | 2,816 | |
| Texture mapping units | 256 | 176 | |
| Render output processors | 64 | 96 | |
| Pixel rate | 67.2 GPixel/s | 96 GPixel/s | |
| Texture rate | 268.8 GTexel/s | 176 GTexel/s | |
| Floating-point performance | 4,300.8 GFLOPS | 5,632 GFLOPS | |
memory | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | vs | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
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| Memory clock speed | 1,500 MHz | 1,753 MHz | |
| Effective memory clock speed | 6,000 MHz | 7,012 MHz | |
| Memory bus | 768 bit | 384 bit | |
| Memory | 6,144 MB | 6,144 MB | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | |
noise and power | |||
| TDP | 375W | 250W | |
