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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms 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 6900 XT is 3233 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Consumes up to 17% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 250 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
- Performs up to 115% better in Ready or Not than Radeon HD 7970 - 209 vs 97 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
Ready or Not
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G Rev 2.0 (16GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2335MHz/16000MHz)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
10.277777777777779%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
16.444444444444446%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
720 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$549 | MSRP | $999 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 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 | 512 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1825 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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