GeForce 830A vs Radeon HD 7970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 830A 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 GeForce 830A stacks up against Radeon HD 7970, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970 has 809% more power consumption, than GeForce 830A.
  • GeForce 830A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 7970 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7970 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 830A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 830A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • GeForce 830A and Radeon HD 7970 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 830A is 425 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 4−5 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than GeForce 830A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon HD 7970
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM108 Tahiti XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 22 December 2011
Pipelines 256 2048
Core clock speed 1082 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 118.4
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 3,789 gflops
Length 274 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 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 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
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