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AMD Radeon HD 79703 GBGDDR5
Hardware comparison
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Benchmarks
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3DMark Time Spy
GPU synthetic graphics benchmark
| Component | Score | Dataset rank |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 2,310 | #127 / 156Among GPUs with 3DMark Time Spy data |
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GPU synthetic graphics benchmark
| Component | Score | Dataset rank |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 1,209 | #120 / 137Among GPUs with 3DMark Time Spy Extreme data |
Specifications
Technical comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Family | Southern Islands(HD 7900) |
| Launch date | 2012-01-09 |
| Architecture | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 |
| Generation | Southern Islands(HD 7900) |
| GPU / chip | Tahiti |
| Foundry | TSMC |
| Process | 28 nm |
| Compute | |
| Compute units | 32 CUs |
| Shader processors | 2048 |
| Memory | |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 384 bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 264.0 GB/s |
| Clocks | |
| Base clock | 0.93 GHz |
| Boost clock | 0.93 GHz |
| Memory clock | 1.38 GHz |
| PCIe | |
| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Display | |
| Display outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Power | |
| Board power | 250 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Physical | |
| Reference dimensions | 275 mm × 38 mm × — |
| Slot width | Dual-slot |
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