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Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

12 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Logo
ASUS ROG Strix LC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 12GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-coverage cold plate, 240mm radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

Buy for £967.76 on Amazon

In Stock

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

12 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Logo
ASUS ROG Strix LC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 12GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-coverage cold plate, 240mm radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

Buy for £967.76 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 10 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is 3448 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7970

  • Consumes up to 29% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti - 250 vs 350 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

  • Performs up to 211% better in Cities: Skylines II than Radeon HD 7970 - 56 vs 18 FPS
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 12 vs 3 GB
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Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


FPS

18

32%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021


FPS

56

100%

Value, £/FPS

£17.28/FPS

100%

Price, £

£967.76

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS ROG Strix LC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 12GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-coverage cold plate, 240mm radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

Buy for £967.76 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 10 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

16%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

22%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Desktop • May 31st, 2021


Pixel Fillrate

186.5 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

532.8 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo

Radeon HD 7970

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Logo

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Dec 22nd, 2011Release Date
May 31st, 2021
Southern IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$549
MSRP$1199
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
3 GBMemory
12 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
384-bitBus384-bit
264 GB/sBandwidth
912.4 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
1365 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1665 MHz
1375 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1188 MHz

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