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GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs Radeon HD 7970

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs Radeon HD 7970: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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AMD Radeon HD 7970

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

Buy for $175 on Amazon

In Stock

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AMD Radeon HD 7970

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

Buy for $175 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 46 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q outperforms 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 2070 Max-Q is 2595 days newer than Radeon HD 7970.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

  • Performs up to 21% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Radeon HD 7970 - 75 vs 62 FPS
  • Consumes up to 64% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 90 vs 250 Watts
  • Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
This is a free version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Logo
GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Mobile • Jan 29th, 2019


FPS

75

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


FPS

62

82%

Value, $/FPS

$2.82/FPS

100%

Price, $

$175

100%

Value Winner

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

Buy for $175 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 46 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Logo
GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Mobile • Jan 29th, 2019

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Logo
GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Mobile • Jan 29th, 2019


Pixel Fillrate

75.84 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

170.6 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

39%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

69%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Jan 29th, 2019
Release DateDec 22nd, 2011
GeForce 20 MobileGenerationSouthern Islands
Not AvailableMSRP$549
NoneOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
8 GB
Memory3 GB
GDDR6TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus384-bit
384 GB/s
Bandwidth264 GB/s
885 MHzBase Clock Speed
925 MHz
1185 MHzBoost Clock SpeedNot Available
1500 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1375 MHz

Builds Using GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q or Radeon HD 7970

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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