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MSRP in USD: $999
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6900 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 6900 XT is 3233 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 68% cheaper than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $175.0 vs $549.0
- Consumes up to 17% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 250 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
- Performs up to 467% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than Radeon HD 7970 - 119 vs 21 FPS
- Up to 45% better value when playing ARK: Survival Evolved than Radeon HD 7970 - $4.61 vs $8.33 per FPS
- Up to 433% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 16 vs 3 GB
ARK: Survival Evolved
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
21
17.647058823529413%
Value, $/FPS
$8.33/FPS
55.342136854741895%
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 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
119
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.61/FPS
100%
Price, $
$549
31%
FPS and Value Winner
GIGABYTE PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
10.277777777777779%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
16.444444444444446%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
720 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$549 | MSRP | $999 |
| 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 | 1825 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7970 or Radeon RX 6900 XT
ARK: Survival Evolved, 1920 x 1080, Epic
112 FPS
$18.75/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5900X
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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113 FPS
$28.32/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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112 FPS
$21.34/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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112 FPS
$32.13/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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112 FPS
$59.71/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 7 5800X
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$6,688
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112 FPS
$28.21/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 2 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$3,159.99
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112 FPS
$26.25/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5800X
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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