Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

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Identity
Entry Type	Reference GPU
Official Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Launch Date	2012-06-22
Core Specs
GPU Die	Tahiti
Process Node	TSMC 28 nm
Transistor Count	4.31 billion
Die Size	352 mm²
Stream Processors	2048
TMUs	128
ROPs	32
Base Clock	1,000 MHz
Boost Clock	1,050 MHz
Pixel Fillrate	33.6 GP/s
Texture Fillrate	134.4 GT/s
FP32 Throughput	4.3 TFLOPS
FP64 Throughput	1.08 TFLOPS
Memory
Memory Size	3 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Bus Width	384-bit
Memory Clock	1,500 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	288 GB/s
L2 Cache	0.75 MB
L1 Cache	16 KB
Board and Display
TDP / TBP	300 W
Recommended PSU	700 W
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Display Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Slot Width	Dual-slot
Card Length	275 mm
Software
Shader Model	5.1
DirectX Support	DirectX 11.1
Vulkan Support	Vulkan 1.2
OpenGL Support	OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL Support	OpenCL 1.2

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