Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 7700 XT for Gaming

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The Radeon HD 7970 is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 7700 XT. We cannot compare value as at least one GPU is out of stock.

Advantages of the Radeon HD 7970

The Radeon RX 7700 XT is better in every way

Advantages of the Radeon RX 7700 XT

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Consumes up to 2% less energy – 245 vs 250 Watts
Up to 300% more VRAM memory – 12 vs 3 GB

Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 7700 XT for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon HD 7970

Dec 22nd, 2011

Average FPS

37%

Min 1% FPS

28%

Price, €

Out of Stock

Value, €/FPS

Not Available

All items are out of stock.

Radeon RX 7700 XT

Aug 25th, 2023

Average FPS

148

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, €

€463.99

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.13/FPS

100%

Gigabyte Radeon RX 7700 XT Gaming OC 12GB Grafikkarte - 12GB GDDR6 192-Bit, Windforce Kühlsystem, Metallrückplatte, DP 2.1, HDMI 2.1, AMD RDNA 3 Architektur, GV-R77XTGAMING OC-12GD

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition 12GB GDDR6 Gaming Grafikkarte (AMD Radeon RX7700XT, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3X DisplayPort 2.1, DUAL-RX7700XT-O12G, schwarz)

Sapphire Pure AMD Radeon™ RX 7700 XT Gaming OC 12GB GDDR6 Dual HDMI/Dual DP

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Gaming 12GB GDDR6

Acer Nitro AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT OC - 12GB VRAM GDDR6, HDMI, 3X DP - PCIe 4.0 - Dual Lüfter - Schwarz - Grafikkarte

Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon™ RX 7700 XT Gaming OC 12GB GDDR6 Dual HDMI/Dual DP

XFX Speedster Qick 319 Radeon RX 7700 XT Black Edition 12GB

XFX Speedster SWFT210 AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Core Edition 12GB GDDR6

PowerColor Fighter AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB GDDR6

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition 12GB GDDR6 Gaming Grafikkarte (AMD Radeon RX7700XT, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3X DisplayPort 2.1, TUF-RX7700XT-O12G-GAMING)

Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 7700 XT in My Games

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

Radeon HD 7970

Dec 22nd, 2011

Radeon RX 7700 XT

Aug 25th, 2023

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 7700 XT in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon HD 7970

Dec 22nd, 2011

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

2310

14%

Radeon RX 7700 XT

Aug 25th, 2023

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

17074

100%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon RX 7700 XT in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon HD 7970

Dec 22nd, 2011

Memory

3 GB

25%

Memory Bandwidth

264 GB/s

61%

Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

12%

Texture Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

22%

FP32

3.789 TFLOPS

11%

Radeon RX 7700 XT

Aug 25th, 2023

Memory

12 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

432 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

244.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

549.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

35.17 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon HD 7970	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Radeon RX 7700 XT
General
Dec 22nd, 2011	Release Date	Aug 25th, 2023
$549.00	MSRP	$449.00
Southern Islands	Generation	Navi III
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
250 W	Power Consumption	245 W
Memory
3 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
264 GB/s	Bandwidth	432 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
29.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	244.2 GPixel/s
118.4 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	549.5 GTexel/s
3.789 TFLOPS	FP32	35.17 TFLOPS