Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Prices and Stock

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $479

XFX Speedster MERC319 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Black Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA 2 RX-67XTYTBDP

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

XFX Speedster QICK319 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Black Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA 2 RX-67XTYPBDP

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6700 XT 192-bit 12GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Dual Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6700 XT Gaming X 12G)

PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, HDMI 2.1

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 2620MHz, PCI Express 4, 192-bit, 3X DP v 1.4, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K & 8K)

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6700 XT outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6700 XT is 2850 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.

Advantages of Radeon HD 8970M

Consumes up to 57% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT - 100 vs 230 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6700 XT

Performs up to 144% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Radeon HD 8970M - 127 vs 52 FPS
Up to 200% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 12 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0.

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

FPS

41%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

FPS

127

100%

Value, €/FPS

€4.26/FPS

100%

Price, €

€540.53

100%

FPS and Value Winner

XFX Speedster MERC319 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Black Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA 2 RX-67XTYTBDP

Buy for €540.53 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 53 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

1920 x 1080

Very High

352

FPS

446

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Very High

385

FPS

394

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

133

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

156

FPS

229

FPS

Dota 2

1920 x 1080

High

544

FPS

779

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

28.8 GPixel/s

17%

Texel Fillrate

72 GTexel/s

17%

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

165.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

413 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon HD 8970M	vs	Radeon RX 6700 XT
May 14th, 2013	Release Date	Mar 3rd, 2021
Solar System	Generation	Navi II
Not Available	MSRP	$479
None	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
None	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Mobile	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	12 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	192-bit
153.6 GB/s	Bandwidth	384 GB/s
850 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2321 MHz
900 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2581 MHz
1200 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz