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Prices and StockMSRP $549
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MSRP $549
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Prices and StockMSRP $329
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MSRP $329
Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6600 outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6600 is 3583 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of Radeon RX 6600
- Performs up to 33% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Radeon HD 7970 - 218 vs 164 FPS
- Consumes up to 47% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 132 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Forza Horizon 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Radeon RX 6600
Desktop • Oct 13th, 2021
FPS
218
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.93/FPS
100%
Price, £
£201.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Powercolor Radeon RX 6600 Fighter (8GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2491MHz/14000MHz)
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 6600
Desktop • Oct 13th, 2021
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
19%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
42%
Radeon RX 6600
Desktop • Oct 13th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
159.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
279 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970 | vs | Radeon RX 6600 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Oct 13th, 2021 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
| $549 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1626 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2491 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
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