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Radeon HD 7970M vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Radeon HD 7970M vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Scheda Video Gaming, Schede Grafiche - 4GB GDDR6, 2825 MHz, PCI Express 4 x 4, 64-bit, 1 x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supporta 4K & 8K)

Buy for 315.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 96 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Scheda Video Gaming, Schede Grafiche - 4GB GDDR6, 2825 MHz, PCI Express 4 x 4, 64-bit, 1 x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supporta 4K & 8K)

Buy for 315.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 96 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms Radeon HD 7970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 3557 days newer than Radeon HD 7970M.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7970M

  • Consumes up to 7% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 100 vs 107 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

  • Performs up to 45% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than Radeon HD 7970M - 81 vs 56 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970M - 4 vs 2 GB
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Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Zero Dawn

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultimate

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012


FPS

56

69%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


FPS

81

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.9/FPS

100%

Price, €

€315.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Scheda Video Gaming, Schede Grafiche - 4GB GDDR6, 2825 MHz, PCI Express 4 x 4, 64-bit, 1 x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supporta 4K & 8K)

Buy for 315.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 96 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultimate

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo
Radeon HD 7970M

Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

27.2 GPixel/s

30%

Texel Fillrate

68 GTexel/s

38%

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970M Logo

Radeon HD 7970M

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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Apr 24th, 2012Release Date
Jan 19th, 2022
LondonGenerationNavi II
Not AvailableMSRP$199
NoneOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
4 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus64-bit
153.6 GB/s
Bandwidth143.9 GB/s
850 MHzBase Clock Speed
2310 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed2815 MHz
1200 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2248 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 7970M or Radeon RX 6500 XT

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