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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 is 3176 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
- Performs up to 27% better in Lost Ark than Radeon HD 7970 - 220 vs 173 FPS
- Consumes up to 12% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 220 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Lost Ark
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce RTX 3070
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
FPS
220
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.08/FPS
100%
Price, €
€458.04
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC 8G (rev. 2.0) NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce RTX 3070
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
17%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
37%
GeForce RTX 3070
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
165.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
317.4 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| $549 | MSRP | $499 |
| 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 12-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1725 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce RTX 3070
Lost Ark, 1920 x 1080, Very High
201 FPS
€9.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
8 GB, N/A Storage
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172 FPS
€6.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-9700KF
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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€1,076.37
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187 FPS
€9.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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197 FPS
€6.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,199
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183 FPS
€6.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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€1,218.19
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183 FPS
€8.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5700G
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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€1,640.06
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195 FPS
€11.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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€2,222.89
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191 FPS
€15.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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165 FPS
€13.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-9940X
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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€2,270.96
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191 FPS
€6.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1.953125 TB HDD
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