Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking281not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.07no data
Power efficiency16.87no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Tahiti
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)22 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12802048
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.6134.4
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs80128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0PCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data274 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB3 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s288 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+
FreeSync-+
GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX® 11
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 22 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 250 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 212.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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