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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Radeon HD 7970

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Radeon HD 7970: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Logo
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Super WINDFORCE OC 12G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6X, GV-N407SWF3OC-12GD Video Card

Buy for $599.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74318 minutes ago

vs

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 $138.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74321 minutes ago

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Logo
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Super WINDFORCE OC 12G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6X, GV-N407SWF3OC-12GD Video Card

Buy for $599.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74318 minutes ago

vs

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 $138.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74321 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 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 4070 SUPER is 4400 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

  • Performs up to 447% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Radeon HD 7970 - 104 vs 19 FPS
  • Consumes up to 12% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 220 vs 250 Watts
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 12 vs 3 GB

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970

  • Up to 77% cheaper than GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER - $138.95 vs $599.99
This is a free version of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Logo
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024


FPS

104

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$599.99

23%

FPS Winner

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Super WINDFORCE OC 12G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6X, GV-N407SWF3OC-12GD Video Card

Buy for $599.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74318 minutes ago

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


FPS

19

18.269230769230766%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$138.95

100%

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 $138.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74321 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Logo
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Logo
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024


Pixel Fillrate

198 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

554.4 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

14.949494949494952%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

21.35642135642136%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Jan 8th, 2024
Release DateDec 22nd, 2011
GeForce 40GenerationSouthern Islands
$599MSRP
$549
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
1x 16-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
12 GB
Memory3 GB
GDDR6XTypeGDDR5
192-bitBus384-bit
504.2 GB/s
Bandwidth264 GB/s
1980 MHz
Base Clock Speed925 MHz
2475 MHzBoost Clock SpeedNot Available
1313 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1375 MHz

Builds Using GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER or Radeon HD 7970

Red Dead Redemption 2, 1920 x 1080, Highest

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