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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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MSRP in USD: $549
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $349
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MSRP in USD: $349
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$209.98
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Same as Founder's Edition
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$299.06
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$283.57
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms the cheaper 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 2060 is 2573 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 34% cheaper than GeForce RTX 2060 - $138.95 vs $209.98
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
- Performs up to 33% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Radeon HD 7970 - 100 vs 75 FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 160 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 6 vs 3 GB
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
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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KAER Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDRR6 192-Bit HDMI/DP/DVI 1680MHz Dual Fans ray-tracing Graphics Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce RTX 2060
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
36.70634920634921%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
58.730158730158735%
GeForce RTX 2060
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019
Pixel Fillrate
80.64 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
201.6 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 7th, 2019 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 20 |
| $549 | MSRP | $349 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 6 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
| 264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 336 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1365 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1680 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce RTX 2060
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
80 FPS
$10.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$815
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86 FPS
$11.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,009
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86 FPS
$14.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 7 5700G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,235
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78 FPS
$15.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 2600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,199.99
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87 FPS
$14.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,289
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82 FPS
$20.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,699
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86 FPS
$16.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$1,439
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82 FPS
$10.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$899.99
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82 FPS
$25.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,099
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82 FPS
$12.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-10700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,009.98
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