
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Specification
GPU
Manufacturer: AMD
Specs status: Official
GPU Series: Radeon HD 7000
GPU Model: Tahiti XT
Fabrication Process: 28nm
Compute Units: 32
Stream Processors: 2048
TMUs:128
ROPs:32
CARD
Dimensions (inches): 11 / 4.2 / Dual-slot
Display Outputs: 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0
SUPPORT
Bus Support: PCI-E 3.0 x16
DirectX Support: 11
OpenGL Support: 4.2
CLOCKS
Core Clock: 925 MHz
Memory Clock: 1375 MHz
Effective Memory Clock: 5500 MHz
MEMORY
Memory Size: 3072 MB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Bus Type: 384-bit
Memory Bandwidth: 264 GB/sec
POWER
Power Draw 250 W / 195 W
Min Required PSU: 500 W
Power Connectors: 1 x 8-pin / 1 x 6-pin
Temperature: – C / 78 C / 39 C
Noise Level: 42 dBA / 37 dBA
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