HIS HD 7970 X IceQ X2

H797QMG3G

Graphics Processor

Tahiti

Cores

2048

TMUs

128

ROPs

Memory Size

3 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Bus Width

384 bit

GPU

I/O

Top

Bottom

Rear

Back

Graphics Processor

GPU Name: Tahiti

GPU Variant: Tahiti XT2
(215-0821065)

Architecture: GCN 1.0

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 28 nm

Transistors: 4,313 million

Density: 12.3M / mm²

Die Size: 352 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date: ~~Jun 22nd, 2012~~
Jun 28th, 2012

Generation: Southern Islands
(HD 7900)

Predecessor: Northern Islands

Successor: Sea Islands

Production: End-of-life

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Clock Speeds

Base Clock: 1000 MHz

Boost Clock: 1050 MHz

Memory Clock: 1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size: 3 GB

Memory Type: GDDR5

Memory Bus: 384 bit

Bandwidth: 288.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units: 2048

TMUs: 128

ROPs: 32

Compute Units: 32

L1 Cache: 16 KB (per CU)

L2 Cache: 768 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate: 33.60 GPixel/s

Texture Rate: 134.4 GTexel/s

FP32 (float): 4.301 TFLOPS

FP64 (double): 1,075 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

Slot Width: Dual-slot

Length: ~~275 mm~~
311 mm
~~10.8 inches~~
12.2 inches

Width: ~~111 mm~~
150 mm
~~4.4 inches~~
5.9 inches

Height: ~~38 mm~~
42 mm
~~1.5 inches~~
1.7 inches

TDP: 300 W

Suggested PSU: 700 W

Outputs: 1x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

Power Connectors: 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Board Number: 109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

DirectX: 12 (11_1)

OpenGL: 4.6

OpenCL: 2.1 (1.2)

Vulkan: 1.2.170

Shader Model: 6.5 (5.1)

Tahiti GPU Notes

Generation: Southern Islands
Desktop Variant: New Zealand / Malta
Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx600)
Display Core Engine: 6.0
Unified Video Decoder: 3.2
Video Compression Engine: 1.0
CLRX: GCN 1.0

Exact Transistor Count: 4,312,711,873

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GIGABYTE HD 7970 WindForce 3X OC	1050 MHz	1100 MHz	1500 MHz	285 mm/11.2 inches
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MSI HD 7970 Power Edition BE	1020 MHz	1100 MHz	1500 MHz	305 mm/12 inches, 2x DVI 4x mini-DisplayPort
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Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X	1000 MHz	1050 MHz	1500 MHz	2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
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