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Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is 3438 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8970M

  • Consumes up to 41% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - 100 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

  • Performs up to 22% better in Minecraft than Radeon HD 8970M - 639 vs 525 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 8 vs 4 GB
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Minecraft

Minecraft

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


FPS

525

82%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022


FPS

639

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.53/FPS

100%

Price, €

€337

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Zotac GeForce RTX 306 Twin Edge NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GDDR6

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In Stock

Updated 25427 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

28.8 GPixel/s

33%

Texel Fillrate

72 GTexel/s

36%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo

AMD Radeon HD 8970M

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

May 14th, 2013Release Date
Oct 12th, 2022
Solar SystemGenerationGeForce 30
Not AvailableMSRPNot Available
NoneOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
NonePower Connectors1x 12-pin
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus128-bit
153.6 GB/sBandwidth
240 GB/s
850 MHzBase Clock Speed
1320 MHz
900 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1777 MHz
1200 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1875 MHz

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