FirePro S7000 vs Radeon HD 7970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S7000 and Radeon HD 7970, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro S7000 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro S7000 Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S7000 has 16% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S7000 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S7000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • FirePro S7000 and Radeon HD 7970 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S7000 is 18 mm longer, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S7000 is 3425 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
QHD / 1440p 7−8 16−18
4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
low / 720p 40−45 60−65
medium / 1080p 27−30 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than FirePro S7000.

Full Specs

  FirePro S7000 Radeon HD 7970
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Pitcairn Tahiti XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 27 August 2012 22 December 2011
Pipelines 1280 2048
Core clock speed 950 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00 118.4
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 3,789 gflops
Length 292 mm 274 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 264 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
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Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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