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$175
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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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MSRP in USD: $549
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $379
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MSRP in USD: $379
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$236.22
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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$399.99
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$459.99
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Boost Clock
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$649.99
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6600 XT is 3508 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 26% cheaper than Radeon RX 6600 XT - $175.0 vs $236.22
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
- Performs up to 92% better in Resident Evil Village than Radeon HD 7970 - 146 vs 76 FPS
- Up to 30% better value when playing Resident Evil Village than Radeon HD 7970 - $1.62 vs $2.3 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 160 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Resident Evil Village
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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Radeon RX 6600 XT
Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021
FPS
146
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.62/FPS
100%
Price, $
$236.22
74%
FPS and Value Winner
Sapphire 11309-03-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 8GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
17%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
35%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
165.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
331.4 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jul 30th, 2021 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
| $549 | MSRP | $379 |
| 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 | 256 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1968 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2589 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or Radeon RX 6600 XT
Resident Evil Village, 1920 x 1080, Max
132 FPS
$10.54/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 7 5800
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$6.87/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 7 5700G
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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130 FPS
$9.22/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$7.63/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 7 5700G
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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131 FPS
$6.6/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 7 5700G
32 GB, N/A Storage
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132 FPS
$10.9/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,438.88
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126 FPS
$7.54/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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133 FPS
$12.02/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$1,598.88
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131 FPS
$11.44/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 7 5700G
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,499
In Stock
132 FPS
$7.8/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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