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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3080 is 3176 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 250 vs 320 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Performs up to 10800% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Radeon HD 7970 - 109 vs 1 FPS
- Up to 233% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 10 vs 3 GB
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB V2 Gaming Grafikkarte (LHR (Lite Hash Rate), Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, DLSS, Raytracing, GDDR6X Speicher, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3080-10G-V2-GAMING)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce RTX 3080
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
18.02679658952497%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
25.456890991184693%
GeForce RTX 3080
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
164.2 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
465.1 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$549 | MSRP | $699 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 10 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6X |
| 384-bit | Bus | 320-bit |
| 264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 760.3 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1440 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1710 MHz |
1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1188 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce RTX 3080
Forza Horizon 5, 1920 x 1080, Max
104 FPS
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64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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