Radeon HD 7970
AMD graphics card · Radeon HD 7000 series · launched December 2011
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Radeon HD 7970 launched at $550 in 2011. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $809 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 47% rise over 15 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2011 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Radeon HD 7000 series |
| Launched | December 2011 |
| Launch price | $550 |
| Architecture | GCN 1 |
| Chip | Radeon HD 7970 (Tahiti XT) |
| Memory | 3 GB (also 6 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 384-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
| Core clock | 925 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 3.79 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 250 W (TDP) |
| Transistors | 4.3 billion |
| Die size | 352 mm² |
| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| Tier | 90-class |
The AMD 90-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 2900 XT | 2007 | $399 | $637 | — |
| Radeon HD 2900 PRO | 2007 | $250 | $399 | — |
| Radeon HD 2900 GT | 2007 | $200 | $319 | — |
| Radeon HD 5970 | 2009 | $599 | $924 | — |
| Radeon HD 6950 | 2010 | $259 | $393 | — |
| Radeon HD 6970 | 2010 | $369 | $560 | — |
| Radeon HD 6990 | 2011 | $699 | $1,028 | — |
| Radeon HD 6930 | 2011 | $180 | $265 | — |
| Radeon HD 7970 | 2011 | $550 | $809 | — |
| Radeon HD 7950 | 2012 | $450 | $649 | — |
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 2012 | $500 | $721 | — |
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | 2012 | $330 | $476 | — |
| Radeon HD 7990 | 2013 | $1,000 | $1,420 | — |
| Radeon R9 290X | 2013 | $549 | $780 | — |
| Radeon R9 290 | 2013 | $399 | $567 | — |
| Radeon R9 295X2 | 2014 | $1,499 | $2,096 | — |
Compare with
- Radeon HD 6990 · 2011 · $699
- Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition · 2010 · $479
- Radeon HD 7950 · 2012 · $450
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition · 2012 · $500
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 · 2011 · $519
- GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 · 2011 · $499
- GeForce GTX 590 · 2011 · $699
- GeForce GTX 480 · 2010 · $499
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