Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT vs MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE
VS
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT
MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE
Key Differences
Performance
Features
Ports
General info
Memory
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT
MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE
Key Differences
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT | MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Base Clock Speed | 1770MHz | 1070MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock Speed | 2010MHz | 1150MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 128.6 GPixel/s | 34.2 GPixel/s |
| GPU Memory Speed | 1750MHz | 1500MHz |
| GPU Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 32 |
| No. of Supported Displays | 4 | 6 |
Performance
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT | MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Base Clock Speed | 1770MHz | 1070MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 128.6 GPixel/s | 34.2 GPixel/s |
| FLOPS (Floating-point Performance) | 10.29 TFLOPS | 4.38 TFLOPS |
| Texture Filter Rate | 321.6 GTexels/s | 137 GTexels/s |
| GPU Memory Speed | 1750MHz | 1500MHz |
| Total GPU Shading Units | 2560 | 2048 |
| Total GPU TMUs | 160 | 128 |
| GPU Boost Clock Speed | 2010MHz | 1150MHz |
| GPU Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 32 |
| DPFP (Double Precision Floating Point) Support |  No
|
 Yes
|
Features
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT | MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX Version Info | 12 | 11.1 |
| OpenGL Driver Version | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| OpenCL Driver Version | 2 | 1.2 |
| Multi-display Tech Support | Yes
|
Yes
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| GPU Temperature Under Load | 84°C | 62°C |
| Idle GPU Temperature | 35°C | 30°C |
| Noise Level Under Load | 54dB | 44.8dB |
| 3D Support | Yes
|
Yes
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| Idle Noise Level | 39dB | 39.7dB |
| Idle Power Consumption | 54W | 110W |
| No. of Supported Displays | 4 | 6 |
| 3DMark Vantage Texture Fill Result | Not Known | 120.6GTexels/s |
| 3DMark Vantage Pixel Fill Result | Not Known | 13.9GPixel/s |
| Ray Tracing Support | No
|
No
|
| Power Consumption Under Peak Load | Not Known | 380W |
| Multi-GPU Support Count | Not Known | 4 |
| SmallLuxGPU (2.0d4) Result | Not Known | 25000 |
Ports
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT | MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE |
|---|---|---|
| HDMI Output Support | Yes
|
Yes
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| GPU HDMI Version | 2 | Not Known |
| DisplayPort Output | 2 | 0 |
| No. of HDMI Ports | 2 | Not Known |
| DVI Output Ports | 0 | 2 |
| Mini DisplayPort Output | 0 | 4 |
General info
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT | MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE |
|---|---|---|
| TDP (Thermal Design Point) | No Data Found | No Data Found |
| Transistor Count | 10300 million | 4313 million |
| Semiconductor Size | 7nm | 28nm |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | 3 |
| Dual-GPU Support | No
|
No
|
| Air-water Cooling Support | No
|
No
|
| Width Size | 306mm | 305mm |
| Height | 135mm | 135mm |
Memory
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT | MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning BE |
|---|---|---|
| Effective Memory Clock | 14000MHz | 6000MHz |
| Max Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/s | 288GB/s |
| RAM | 8GB | 3GB |
| Memory Bus Interface Width | 256bit | 384bit |
| GDDR Memory Version | 6 | 5 |
| ECC (Error-Correcting Code) Memory Support | No
|
No
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