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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 4060 outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 4060 is 4165 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
- Performs up to 121% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Radeon HD 7970 - 64 vs 29 FPS
- Up to 18% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Radeon HD 7970 - $4.92 vs $6.03 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 115 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 44% cheaper than GeForce RTX 4060 - $175.0 vs $314.99
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 4060
Desktop • May 18th, 2023
FPS
64
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.92/FPS
100%
Price, $
$314.99
55%
FPS and Value Winner
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Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
29
45.3125%
Value, $/FPS
$6.03/FPS
81.59203980099502%
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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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 4060
Desktop • May 18th, 2023
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 4060
Desktop • May 18th, 2023
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
25.063505503810333%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
50.127011007620666%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
May 18th, 2023 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 40 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$299 | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 12-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
272 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
1830 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| 2460 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
2125 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 4060 or Radeon HD 7970
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
58 FPS
$22.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
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16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$20.59/FPS
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$16.67/FPS
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$22.64/FPS
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$20.15/FPS
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$21.43/FPS
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$17.63/FPS
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53 FPS
$24.15/FPS
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Core i7-12700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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62 FPS
$20.97/FPS
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Ryzen 5 7600X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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58 FPS
$29.31/FPS
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