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AMDGCN 1.0Released 2012Pricing last updated -

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB | 3 GB

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Used median
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Performance
3
4.3 TFLOPS
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GPU Information

Imported data from GPU Desktop, grouped into a readable spec sheet.

Identity

Brand
AMD
Model
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Variant
Tahiti | GDDR5 | 3 GB
GPU name
Tahiti
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Release date
Jun 22, 2012
Release year
2012
Production status
End-of-life
GPU ID
amd-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-tahiti-gddr5-3-gb-2012

Pricing

MSRP
$499
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Used 25th percentile
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Current new price
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Qualified sales count
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Launch price raw
499 USD
Current price raw
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Memory and Bus

Memory size
3 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Memory bus
384-bit
Bandwidth
288 GB/s
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe lanes
16
Process
28 nm

Clocks and Compute

GPU clock
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Base clock
1,000 MHz
Boost clock
1,050 MHz
Game clock
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Shading units
2,048
TMUs
128
ROPs
32
RT cores
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Tensor cores
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FP32 throughput
4.3 TFLOPS
Relative performance
3

Physical

Slot width
Dual-slot
Length
275 mm
Board power
300 W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Outputs
1x DVI 1x HDMI 1.4a 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

APIs and Source

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.170
Source file
amd2012.json
Row ID
203
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