Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 4070 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 4070 is 4129 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
- Performs up to 147% better in Resident Evil 4 than Radeon HD 7970 - 143 vs 58 FPS
- Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 200 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 12 vs 3 GB
Resident Evil 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce RTX 4070
Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
18%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
25%
GeForce RTX 4070
Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Apr 12th, 2023 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 40 |
$549 | MSRP | $599 |
| 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 16-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 12 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6X |
| 384-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
| 264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 504.2 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1920 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2475 MHz |
1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1313 MHz |
