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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 2800 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.
Advantages of Radeon HD 8970M
- Consumes up to 41% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 100 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 75% better in Death Stranding than Radeon HD 8970M - 124 vs 71 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 12 vs 4 GB
Death Stranding
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
124
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$4.34/FPS
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Price, CA$
CA$538.39
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FPS and Value Winner
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD REV2.0 Video Card
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon HD 8970M
Mobile • May 14th, 2013
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 8970M | vs | GeForce RTX 3060 |
|---|---|---|
| May 14th, 2013 | Release Date | Jan 12th, 2021 |
| Solar System | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| Not Available | MSRP | $329 |
| None | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 12 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
| 153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 360 GB/s |
| 850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1320 MHz |
| 900 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
| 1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1875 MHz |
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