Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 7900 GRE outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 7900 GRE is 4235 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of Radeon HD 7970
- Consumes up to 4% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE - 250 vs 260 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 7900 GRE
- Performs up to 269% better in God of War than Radeon HD 7970 - 144 vs 39 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2023
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2023
Pixel Fillrate
431 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
718.4 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970 | vs | Radeon RX 7900 GRE |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jul 27th, 2023 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi III |
| $549 | MSRP | Not Available |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 576 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2245 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
