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$175
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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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MSRP in USD: $549
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $399
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MSRP in USD: $399
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$239.99
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Same as Founder's Edition
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$499
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 5700 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 5700 XT is 2754 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 27% cheaper than Radeon RX 5700 XT - $175.0 vs $239.99
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
- Performs up to 82% better in Borderlands 3 than Radeon HD 7970 - 104 vs 57 FPS
- Up to 25% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Radeon HD 7970 - $2.31 vs $3.07 per FPS
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 225 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
57
54.807692307692314%
Value, $/FPS
$3.07/FPS
75.2442996742671%
Price, $
$175
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
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Radeon RX 5700 XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
104
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$239.99
72%
FPS and Value Winner
51RISC Radeon RX 5700 XT Graphics Card, 8GB GDDR6 256bit PCIe 4.0 x16 Boost Clock 1905MHz DP x3 HDMI 1080P 1440p Video Gaming Card 8K Resolution Support (Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
24.28219852337982%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
38.84514435695538%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Pixel Fillrate
121.9 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
304.8 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi |
| $549 | MSRP | $399 |
| 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 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1605 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1905 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or Radeon RX 5700 XT
Borderlands 3, 1920 x 1080, Badass
74 FPS
$39.16/FPS
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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