AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2: GPU Specs & Benchmarks

The Radeon HD 7970 X2 is a graphics card by AMD, built on the 28 nm process and based on the New Zealand graphics processor (GPU). The video card specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

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Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU Name
New Zealand
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
4,313 million
Die Size
352 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Aug 31st, 2012
Family
Southern Islands
(HD 7900)
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
899 USD
Predecessor
Northern Islands
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

Memory Size
3 GB x2
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
384 bit x2

Clock Speeds

Memory Clock
1375 MHz
5.5 Gbps effective
GPU Clock
925 MHz

Render Config

TMUs
128 x2
ROPs
32 x2

Board Design

Length
308 mm
12.1 inches
Width
137 mm
5.4 inches
Height
62 mm
2.4 inches
Thermal design power (TDP)
500 W
Suggested PSU
900 W
Display Connectors
2x DVI
1x HDMI
2x mini-DisplayPort
Power Connectors
3x 8-pin
Board Number
C386

API support

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
5.1
Radeon HD 7970 X2
AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2: GPU Specs & Benchmarks