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Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6600 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 6600 XT is 3508 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6600 XT

  • Performs up to 83% better in Immortals of Aveum than Radeon HD 7970 - 42 vs 23 FPS
  • Consumes up to 36% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 160 vs 250 Watts
  • Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
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Immortals of Aveum

Immortals of Aveum

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


FPS

23

55%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6600 XT

Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021


FPS

42

100%

Value, €/FPS

€13.38/FPS

100%

Price, €

€561.8

100%

FPS and Value Winner

PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 8GB GDDR6

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6600 XT

Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

18%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

36%

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6600 XT

Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021


Pixel Fillrate

165.7 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

331.4 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo

Radeon HD 7970

vs
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Dec 22nd, 2011Release Date
Jul 30th, 2021
Southern IslandsGenerationNavi II
$549MSRP
$379
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
3 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
384-bitBus128-bit
264 GB/s
Bandwidth256 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
1968 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed2589 MHz
1375 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 7970 or Radeon RX 6600 XT

With selected game settings

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