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Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 4070

Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 4070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon HD 7970

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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GeForce RTX 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X 12G OC Graphics Card - 12 GB GDDR6X (21 GB/s, 192-bit), PCIe 4.0-2 x TORX 4.0 Fans - HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a

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Radeon HD 7970

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X 12G OC Graphics Card - 12 GB GDDR6X (21 GB/s, 192-bit), PCIe 4.0-2 x TORX 4.0 Fans - HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a

Buy for €582.04 on Amazon

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Updated 98 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $549

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $599

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X 12G OC Graphics Card - 12 GB GDDR6X (21 GB/s, 192-bit), PCIe 4.0-2 x TORX 4.0 Fans - HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founder's Edition (FE) Graphics Card - Titanium and Black (900-1G141-2544-000)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 EVO OC Edition 12GB GDDR6X Gaming Graphics Card (Nvidia GeForce RTX4070 DLSS 3, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3X DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX4070-O12G-EVO, Black)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 4070 is 4129 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4070

Performs up to 172% better in Apex Legends than Radeon HD 7970 - 234 vs 86 FPS
Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 200 vs 250 Watts
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 12 vs 3 GB

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Apex Legends

Apex Legends

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

FPS

86

37%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023

FPS

234

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.49/FPS

100%

Price, €

€582.04

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X 12G OC Graphics Card - 12 GB GDDR6X (21 GB/s, 192-bit), PCIe 4.0-2 x TORX 4.0 Fans - HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a

Buy for €582.04 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 98 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023

149

FPS

84

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

398

FPS

386

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

192

FPS

123

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

859

FPS

563

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

219

FPS

145

FPS

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

26%

GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023

Pixel Fillrate

158.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

455.4 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon HD 7970	vs	GeForce RTX 4070
Dec 22nd, 2011	Release Date	Apr 12th, 2023
Southern Islands	Generation	GeForce 40
$549	MSRP	$599
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
3 GB	Memory	12 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6X
384-bit	Bus	192-bit
264 GB/s	Bandwidth	504.2 GB/s
925 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1920 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	2475 MHz
1375 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1313 MHz

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€283.77

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€153.14

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€468.46

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€364.86

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€837.83

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€582.04

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€756.75

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€582.04

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€265.76

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€582.04

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€283.77

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€582.04

GeForce RTX 4060

€279.27

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 3050

€153.14

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€1,540.53

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€582.04

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€468.46

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€582.04

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€594.59

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€582.04

€180.17

€135.63

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

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Radeon RX 6600 XT

€234.14

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€582.04

Radeon RX 7700 XT

€364.86

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€582.04

€75.67

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

€837.83

GeForce GT 1030

€58.55

€67.55

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

€234.23

Radeon RX 6750 XT

€307.99

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

€1,540.53

GeForce RTX 2060

€180.17

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

€135.63

GeForce RTX 4090

€2,585.58

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

Radeon RX 6600 XT

€234.14

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce GT 1030

€58.55

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

€67.55

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

€590.53

€49.54

Radeon RX 6700 XT

€454.5

GeForce RTX 4080

€1,350.45

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

€440.54

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

Radeon RX 6750 XT

€307.99

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 2060

€180.17

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 4090

€2,585.58

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

€550.67

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

€620.72

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

€590.53

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

€49.54

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

Radeon RX 6700 XT

€454.5

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 4080

€1,350.45

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

€440.54

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

€550.67

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

€620.72

GeForce RTX 3080

€440.53

€333.32

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

€192.79

GeForce RTX 4070

€582.04

GeForce RTX 3080

€440.53