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$175
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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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$225.98
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Same as Founder's Edition
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$343.95
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 2060 is 2573 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 23% cheaper than GeForce RTX 2060 - $175.0 vs $225.98
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
- Performs up to 49% better in Valheim than Radeon HD 7970 - 91 vs 61 FPS
- Up to 14% better value when playing Valheim than Radeon HD 7970 - $2.48 vs $2.87 per 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
Valheim
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
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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GeForce RTX 2060
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2019
FPS
91
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.48/FPS
100%
Price, $
$225.98
77%
FPS and Value Winner
KAER Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDRR6 192-Bit PC Graphics Card HDMI/DP/DVI 1680MHz Dual Fans ray-tracing Video Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
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%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
58%
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
Valheim, 1920 x 1080, Highest
70 FPS
$14.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 7 5700G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,039
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69 FPS
$15.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,082
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72 FPS
$20.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,499.99
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63 FPS
$20.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,299
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63 FPS
$14.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$899.99
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63 FPS
$33.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,099
In Stock
61 FPS
$14.07/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$858
In Stock
69 FPS
$17.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$1,229.11
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72 FPS
$21.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,558.71
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68 FPS
$11.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$769
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