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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3050 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 3050 is 3666 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 14% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3050 - $138.95 vs $161.99
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 23% better in New World than Radeon HD 7970 - 85 vs 69 FPS
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 130 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
New World
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
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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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
52.05768554344004%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
83.26300984528834%
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| $549 | MSRP | $249 |
| 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 | 224 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1552 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce RTX 3050
New World, 1920 x 1080, Very High
61 FPS
$12.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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54 FPS
$14.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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53 FPS
$17.92/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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50 FPS
$33.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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80 FPS
$20.15/FPS
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Core i7-13700K
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 8 TB HDD
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62 FPS
$13.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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42 FPS
$20.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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52 FPS
$19.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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62 FPS
$16.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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58 FPS
$12.17/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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