AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is a graphics card released on December 1, 2011, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus, 288.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.05 GHz and a 250 W board power rating. It supports DirectX 11.
Depth: 21 recorded fields
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
Theoretical throughput
Texture fill rate (134.4 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Tahiti XT2 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 28 nm process, contains 4,313 million transistors and has a die size of 352 mm².
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 128 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition runs at a base clock of 1.00 GHz and boosts to 1.05 GHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is equipped with 3 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 384-bit memory bus and delivers 288.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition has a board power rating of 250 W and a total board power of 250 W.
Market
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition was released on December 1, 2011 and launched at a price of $500.
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition supports DirectX 11.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.
Display outputs
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition offers outputs HDMI, Dual Link DVI.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition have?
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 288.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition has a board power rating of 250 W.
When was the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition released and how much did it cost at launch?
The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition was released on December 1, 2011 and launched at a price of $500.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Tahiti -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
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