GRID K280Q vs Radeon HD 7970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K280Q and Radeon HD 7970. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GRID K280Q and Radeon HD 7970. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GRID K280Q Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970 has 33% more power consumption, than GRID K280Q.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GRID K280Q has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID K280Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • GRID K280Q and Radeon HD 7970 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K280Q is 3625 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 35−40
ultra / 1080p 7−8 21−24
QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 24−27 60−65
medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than GRID K280Q.

Full Specs

  GRID K280Q Radeon HD 7970
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK104 Tahiti XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 28 June 2013 22 December 2011
Pipelines 1536 2048
Core clock speed 745 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 118.4
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 3,789 gflops
Length 274 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 264 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
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