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Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon RX 6800

Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon RX 6800: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon HD 8970M

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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Radeon RX 6800

16 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)

Buy for $501.92 on Amazon

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Updated 7305 minutes ago

Radeon HD 8970M

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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vs

FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6800

16 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)

Buy for $501.92 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7305 minutes ago

Prices and Stock

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $579

XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)

XFX Speedster SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2 RX-68XLAQBD9

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2105 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G)

XFX Speedster QICK319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 Black Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP RX-68XLALBD9

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 2724 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.

Advantages of Radeon HD 8970M

Consumes up to 60% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 - 100 vs 250 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800

Performs up to 59% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Radeon HD 8970M - 100 vs 63 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 16 vs 4 GB

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

FPS

63

63%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

100

100%

Value, $/FPS

$5.02/FPS

100%

Price, $

$501.92

100%

FPS and Value Winner

XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)

Buy for $501.92 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7305 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

352

FPS

472

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

42

FPS

157

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

544

FPS

834

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

385

FPS

397

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

80

FPS

144

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

28.8 GPixel/s

14%

Texel Fillrate

72 GTexel/s

14%

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

202.1 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

505.2 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon HD 8970M	vs	Radeon RX 6800
May 14th, 2013	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
Solar System	Generation	Navi II
Not Available	MSRP	$579
None	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
None	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Mobile	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
153.6 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
850 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1700 MHz
900 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2105 MHz
1200 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 8970M or Radeon RX 6800

With selected game settings

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CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Master Gaming PC

82 FPS

$17.07/FPS

Radeon RX 6800

Ryzen 7 5800X

16 GB, 500 GB SSD

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$1,399.99

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$169.99

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$342.53

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$649.99

$501.92

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$309.99

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$324.99

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GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

$449.99

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GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

$689.99

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$519.99

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$139.99

$501.92

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$404.99

$501.92

$259.99

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

$889.19

$501.92

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

$999.83

$501.92

$83.99

$501.92

GeForce GT 1030

$64.99

$501.92

$149.99

$501.92

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$648.09

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$74.98

$501.92

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$1,699.99

$501.92

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GeForce RTX 3070

$542.14

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$259.9

$501.92

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$2,749.99

$501.92

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GeForce RTX 2060

$199.99

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GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

$1,079.99

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GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

$1,335.9

$501.92

$54.99

$501.92

Radeon RX 6750 XT

$342.53

$501.92

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

$449.99

$501.92

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

$689.99

$501.92

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

$889.19

Radeon HD 8970M

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

$179.99

$501.92

$74.98

$501.92

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$542.14

$501.92

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$199.99

$501.92

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

$1,079.99