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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 3233 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800
- Performs up to 33% better in Lost Ark than Radeon HD 7970 - 230 vs 173 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
Lost Ark
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 6800 Master 16G (16GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/MHz/16000MHz)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
14.646214745175657%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
23.43626286619161%
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
202.1 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
505.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$549 | MSRP | $579 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 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 | 512 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1700 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2105 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or Radeon RX 6800
Lost Ark, 1920 x 1080, Very High
208 FPS
€5.09/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Core i7-12700F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,059
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208 FPS
€4.9/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,019
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219 FPS
€5.93/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Core i5-13600K
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,299
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199 FPS
€4.37/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€869
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201 FPS
€7.16/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,439.9
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201 FPS
€6.82/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,369.9
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221 FPS
€7.67/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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201 FPS
€6.37/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€6.04/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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214 FPS
€7.62/FPS
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32 GB, N/A Storage
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