Xbox Series X GPU vs Radeon HD 7970

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking378not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.38no data
Power efficiency3.79no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiScarlett
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date22 December 2011 (12 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 $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 cores20483328
Core clock speedno data1825 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz1725 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4379.6
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS12.15 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128208

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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length274 mm301 mm
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB10 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth264 GB/s560.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 December 2011 10 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 200 Watt

Xbox Series X GPU has an age advantage of 8 years, a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7970 and Xbox Series X GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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