Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
AMD graphics card · Radeon HD 7000 series · launched February 2012
Check the price on AmazonAffiliate link. Street prices move; the figures on this page are launch prices.
Launch price in today's dollars
The Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition launched at $160 in 2012. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $231 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 44% rise over 14 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2012 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Radeon HD 7000 series |
| Launched | February 2012 |
| Launch price | $160 |
| Architecture | GCN 1 |
| Chip | Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition (Cape Verde XT) |
| Memory | 1 GB (also 2 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s |
| Core clock | 1,000 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 1.28 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 80 W (TDP) |
| Transistors | 1.5 billion |
| Die size | 123 mm² |
| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| Tier | 70-class |
The AMD 70-class over time
AMD graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 4770 | 2009 | $109 | $168 | — |
| Radeon HD 4730 | 2009 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 4750 | 2009 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 5750 | 2009 | $129 | $199 | — |
| Radeon HD 5770 | 2009 | $159 | $245 | — |
| Radeon HD 6770 | 2011 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 6790 | 2011 | $149 | $219 | — |
| Radeon HD 7750 | 2012 | $110 | $159 | — |
| Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition | 2012 | $160 | $231 | — |
| Radeon HD 7790 | 2013 | $150 | $213 | — |
| Radeon HD 7730 | 2013 | $60 | $85 | — |
| Radeon R9 270X | 2013 | $199 | $283 | — |
| Radeon R9 270 | 2013 | $179 | $254 | — |
| Radeon R7 370 | 2015 | $149 | $208 | — |
| Radeon R9 370X | 2015 | $179 | $250 | — |
| Radeon RX 470 | 2016 | $179 | $247 | — |
Compare with
- Radeon HD 6790 · 2011 · $149
- Radeon HD 6930 · 2011 · $180
- Radeon HD 7790 · 2013 · $150
- Radeon R7 260X · 2013 · $139
- Radeon R9 270 · 2013 · $179
- Radeon R9 270X · 2013 · $199
- GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 · 2012 · $129
- GeForce GTX 560 SE · 2012 · $149
Think you know your hardware? Specdle is a daily game: name the graphics card from its specs in eight guesses. Play today's puzzle.