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Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 3267 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • Performs up to 37% better in HITMAN 2 than Radeon HD 7970 - 163 vs 119 FPS
  • Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 200 vs 250 Watts
  • Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
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HITMAN 2

HITMAN 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


FPS

119

73%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


FPS

163

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.19/FPS

100%

Price, €

€519.98

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

22%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

47%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

133.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

253.1 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo

Radeon HD 7970

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Dec 22nd, 2011Release Date
Dec 1st, 2020
Southern IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$549MSRP
$399
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
3 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
384-bitBus256-bit
264 GB/sBandwidth
448 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
1410 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1665 MHz
1375 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

With selected game settings

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