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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: $579
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MSRP in USD: $579
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$379.99
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Same as Founder's Edition
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$535.95
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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$455.4
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Boost Clock
Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon HD 7970 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 3233 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 54% cheaper than Radeon RX 6800 - $175.0 vs $379.99
- Up to 13% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Radeon RX 6800 - $2.33 vs $2.69 per FPS
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800
- Performs up to 88% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Radeon HD 7970 - 141 vs 75 FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
75
53.191489361702125%
Value, $/FPS
$2.33/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
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Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
141
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.69/FPS
86.61710037174721%
Price, $
$379.99
46%
FPS Winner
XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
14.646214745175657%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
23.43626286619161%
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
202.1 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
505.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6800 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$549 | MSRP | $579 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1700 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2105 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or Radeon RX 6800
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
129 FPS
$13.18/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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