Average Bench: 36.4% (155th of 713)

Based on 6,727 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6798 Models: AMD Radeon HD 7900, ASUS HD7970, AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series (Engineering Sample - WDDM v2.0)

Poor average bench

The AMD HD 7970 averaged 63.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 49.3fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 51.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD HD 7970 is just 8.12%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD HD 7970 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 36.5fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 62.8fps

Average Bench

(Based on 6,727 samples)
Min Avg Max
41.8 Lighting 49.3 54.6
26.1 Reflection 36.5 40.5
56 Parallax 62.8 71.1
40.2% 49.5 fps
Min Avg Max
29.8 MRender 32.7 36.3
46.8 Gravity 51.5 57.3
23.6 Splatting 25.9 29
29.1% 36.7 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AMD(1002 3000) 3GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
Lighting 49.6
Reflection 38.6
Parallax 64.8
40% 51 fps
MRender 33.7
Gravity 53
Splatting 26.6
30% 37.8 fps
AMD(1002 3000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 22.6.1
Lighting 49.3
Reflection 38.6
Parallax 64.8
40% 50.9 fps
MRender 33.8
Gravity 53.1
Splatting 26.6
30% 37.8 fps
AMD(1002 3000) 3GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
Lighting 49.2
Reflection 38.4
Parallax 64.4
40% 50.7 fps
MRender 33.9
Gravity 52.8
Splatting 26.6
30% 37.8 fps
AMD(1002 3000) 3GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
Lighting 49.2
Reflection 38.4
Parallax 64.2
40% 50.6 fps
MRender 33.6
Gravity 52.8
Splatting 26.5
30% 37.6 fps
Sapphire(174B 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20
Lighting 48.1
Reflection 38.8
Parallax 63.3
39% 50.1 fps
MRender 34.2
Gravity 53.8
Splatting 27.1
30% 38.4 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $435 @ launch in Dec '11)
AMD(1002 3000) 93% 37% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 254D) 2% 33% ± 2%
Asus(1043 044C) 1% 36% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 3000) 1% 31% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3212) 1% 30% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B00) 0% 31% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0448) 0% 35% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B E208) 0% 31% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2317) 0% 32% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0442) 0% 31% ± 0%
PowerColor(148C 3001) 0% 33% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3006) 0% 36% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3001) 0% 39% ± 0%
Asus(1043 3001) 0% 37% ± 0%
XFX(1682 3001) 0% 34% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2261) 0% 36% ± 0%
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Gaming 27%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 22%
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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z - $220

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10 months ago.

Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP version is amazing takes 3 slots but worth it with gpu prices today any 7970 is great option for us poor folk who just wanna play some games got mine cheap on ebay $100 getting avg 35-45fps on high settings Ark Survival Evolved which works for me :-)

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A card with excellent staying power that will stay relevant at least until it's fourth birthday in December 2015, and likely until sub-28nm parts arrive.—Jun '15


Excellent

5 years ago.

A card, which make some noice and needs a lot of power to function. But it is still a great card which work with the current generation of games (probably not the next one...).


Excellent

18 months ago.

i Like this monster GPU in ever...


Terrible

2 years ago.

Almost 10 years old card which still receives updates from AMD and is capable of playing most of modern games. Tested Borderlands 3 (with modern CPU) and got stable 60fps.


Poor

3 years ago.

Solid card, good performance. Solid construction, looks like quality, more than Nvdia cards


Excellent

5 years ago.

This was in prebuilt pc's for like no price.


Excellent

5 years ago.

Have it Since 2013 (VTX3D X Edition) Still 60 fps in BF V Medium !


Good

5 years ago.

Holds up quite well in 2018.


Excellent

6 years ago.

Older but still very good. Purchased 2012, works in 2018. It can be bought at the bazaar for only 100 bucks, and can run all games.


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