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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6950 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6950 XT is 3792 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 81% cheaper than Radeon RX 6950 XT - $101.59 vs $544.74
- Consumes up to 25% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT - 250 vs 335 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
- Performs up to 128% better in Sea of Thieves than Radeon HD 7970 - 233 vs 102 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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AMD Radeon™ RX 6950 XT gddr6 Graphics Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Desktop • May 10th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
10.010145417653026%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
16.017316017316016%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Desktop • May 10th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
295.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
739.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | May 10th, 2022 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$549 | MSRP | $1099 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 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 | 576 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1860 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
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