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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 2724 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- Consumes up to 67% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 100 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Performs up to 54% better in Minecraft than Radeon HD 8970M - 809 vs 525 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 16 vs 4 GB
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
809
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.85/FPS
100%
Price, £
£689
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Powercolor Radeon RX 6800 XT Red Dragon OC (16GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2310MHz/16000MHz)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon HD 8970M
Mobile • May 14th, 2013
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
648 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 8970M | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| May 14th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Solar System | Generation | Navi II |
| Not Available | MSRP | $649 |
| None | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| None | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
| 850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1825 MHz |
| 900 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
| 1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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