AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 X2
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Bonaire | GF100 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Bonaire XT (215-0839039) | GF100-030-A3 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Fermi |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | 3,100 million |
| Die size | 160 mm² | 529 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 22nd, 2013 | Never Released |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Southern Islands | GeForce 400 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 149 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 93 in our database | 48 in our database |
| Predecessor | Northern Islands | GeForce 200 |
| Successor | Sea Islands | GeForce 500 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 1000 MHz | 608 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1500 MHz 6 Gbps effective | 837 MHz 3.3 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1215 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 96.00 GB/s | 107.1 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 896 | 352 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 56 | 44 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Compute units | 14 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 512 KB |
| SM count | — | 11 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 16.00 GPixel/s | 13.38 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 56.00 GTexel/s | 26.75 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1.792 TFLOPS | 855.4 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 112.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 183 mm 7.2 inches | — |
| TDP | 85 W | 215 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI2x mini-DisplayPort | 3x DVI |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Board number | C582 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.0 |
