Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6950 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 6950 XT is 3792 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- 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 216% better in Resident Evil Village than Radeon HD 7970 - 240 vs 76 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
Resident Evil Village
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Desktop • May 10th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
10.010145417653026%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
16.017316017316016%
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 |
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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 |