Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 7800 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 7800 XT is 4264 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of Radeon HD 7970
- Consumes up to 5% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT - 250 vs 263 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 7800 XT
- Performs up to 39% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Radeon HD 7970 - 500 vs 359 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Desktop • Aug 25th, 2023
FPS
500
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.03/FPS
100%
Price, €
€512.84
100%
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Desktop • Aug 25th, 2023
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
13%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
20%
Desktop • Aug 25th, 2023
Pixel Fillrate
233.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
583.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970 | vs | Radeon RX 7800 XT |
---|---|---|
Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Aug 25th, 2023 |
Southern Islands | Generation | Navi III |
$549 | MSRP | $499 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 |
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
3 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 620.8 GB/s |
925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1295 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2430 MHz |
1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2425 MHz |