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Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon HD 7970

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

Buy for €169.99 on Amazon

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Radeon HD 7970

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

Buy for €169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 84 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $549

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Gaming Grafikkarte - GPU 2685/2825 MHz, 4000MB DDR6 Speicher

ASUS Dual AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (AMD Radeon RX6500XT 4GB GDDR6, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RX6500XT-O4G)

ASRock VGA Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB Challenger ITX, RX6500XT CLI 4G, Schwarz

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 3681 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Performs up to 36% better in Apex Legends than Radeon HD 7970 - 117 vs 86 FPS
Consumes up to 57% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 107 vs 250 Watts
Up to 33% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 4 vs 3 GB

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Apex Legends

Apex Legends

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

FPS

86

74%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

117

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.45/FPS

100%

Price, €

€169.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

Buy for €169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 84 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

84

FPS

99

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

386

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

123

FPS

136

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

563

FPS

624

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

145

FPS

161

FPS

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

33%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

66%

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon HD 7970	vs	Radeon RX 6500 XT
Dec 22nd, 2011	Release Date	Jan 19th, 2022
Southern Islands	Generation	Navi II
$549	MSRP	$199
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
3 GB	Memory	4 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	64-bit
264 GB/s	Bandwidth	143.9 GB/s
925 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2310 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	2815 MHz
1375 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2248 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 7970 or Radeon RX 6500 XT

With selected game settings

CSL Gaming PC Image

100 FPS

€7.29/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 5500

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€729

In Stock

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SYSTEMTREFF Gaming PC

100 FPS

€6.8/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 5500

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€679.9

In Stock

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106 FPS

€6.69/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 7 5700X

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€709

In Stock

Memory PC Image

100 FPS

€6.19/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 5500

16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€619

In Stock

Memory PC Image

98 FPS

€6.32/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€619

In Stock

Memory PC Image

110 FPS

€8.9/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i7-12700K

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€979

In Stock

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SYSTEMTREFF Gaming Komplett PC

113 FPS

€8.36/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 7600

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€944.9

In Stock

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SYSTEMTREFF Gaming PC

108 FPS

€7.55/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i5-12600KF

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€814.9

In Stock

CSL Gaming-PC mit Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i5-10400F 6x2900 MHz, 500 GB M.2 SSD, 16 GB DDR4-RAM, AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, GIGABYTE Mainboard, HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.2, D10137H PC Image

CSL Gaming-PC mit Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i5-10400F 6x2900 MHz, 500 GB M.2 SSD, 16 GB DDR4-RAM, AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, GIGABYTE Mainboard, HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.2, D10137H PC

91 FPS

€8.45/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i5-10400F

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€769

In Stock

Memory PC Image

96 FPS

€8.22/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i5-10600KF

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€789

In Stock

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€169.99

€245.24

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€169.99

€136.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€433.12

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

€96.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€977.64

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

€286.9

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€529

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€169.99

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€169.99

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€561.8

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€169.99

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€169.99

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€463.97

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€169.99

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€169.99

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€169.99

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€169.99

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