Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 for Gaming

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The Radeon HD 7970 is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3060. We cannot compare value as at least one GPU is out of stock.

Advantages of the Radeon HD 7970

The GeForce RTX 3060 is better in every way

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Consumes up to 32% less energy – 170 vs 250 Watts
Up to 300% more VRAM memory – 12 vs 3 GB

Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon HD 7970

Dec 22nd, 2011

Average FPS

56%

Min 1% FPS

45%

Price, €

Out of Stock

Value, €/FPS

Not Available

All items are out of stock.

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, €

€299

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.02/FPS

100%

ASUS GeForce Dual RTX 3060 12GB V2 OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3060-O12G-V2)

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 WINDFORCE OC V2 Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1792MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2 x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD

Inno 3D GeForce RTX 3060 Twin X2 LHR TwinX2 LHR

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 128bit 2DP/2HDMI

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC, Gaming Grafikkarte - NVIDIA RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6 Speicher, 192-bit, 15 Gbps

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G, Gaming Grafikkarte - RTX 3060

Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

Radeon HD 7970

Dec 22nd, 2011

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon HD 7970

Dec 22nd, 2011

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

2310

26%

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

8747

100%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon HD 7970

Dec 22nd, 2011

Memory

3 GB

25%

Memory Bandwidth

264 GB/s

73%

Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

35%

Texture Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

59%

FP32

3.789 TFLOPS

30%

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Memory

12 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon HD 7970	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3060
General
Dec 22nd, 2011	Release Date	Jan 12th, 2021
$549.00	MSRP	$329.00
Southern Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
250 W	Power Consumption	170 W
Memory
3 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
264 GB/s	Bandwidth	360 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
29.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	85.3 GPixel/s
118.4 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	199 GTexel/s
3.789 TFLOPS	FP32	12.74 TFLOPS