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Radeon HD 7970M vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Radeon HD 7970M vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1807MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA DLSS - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD V2

Buy for £273.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 527 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1807MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA DLSS - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD V2

Buy for £273.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 527 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB outperforms Radeon HD 7970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is 3823 days newer than Radeon HD 7970M.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970M

  • Consumes up to 41% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - 100 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

  • Performs up to 135% better in Hogwarts Legacy than Radeon HD 7970M - 47 vs 20 FPS
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970M - 8 vs 2 GB
This is a free version of Hogwarts Legacy.
Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012


FPS

20

42%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022


FPS

47

100%

Value, £/FPS

£5.83/FPS

100%

Price, £

£273.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1807MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA DLSS - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD V2

Buy for £273.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 527 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

27.2 GPixel/s

31%

Texel Fillrate

68 GTexel/s

34%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo

AMD Radeon HD 7970M

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Apr 24th, 2012Release Date
Oct 12th, 2022
LondonGenerationGeForce 30
Not AvailableMSRPNot Available
NoneOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
NonePower Connectors1x 12-pin
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus128-bit
153.6 GB/sBandwidth
240 GB/s
850 MHzBase Clock Speed
1320 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1777 MHz
1200 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1875 MHz

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