AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 6700

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.3x more boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 1050 MHz
2625x more texture fill rate: 352.8 GTexel/s vs 134.4 GTexel / s
Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 250 Watt
3.3x more maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 3 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz

Launch date	9 Jun 2021 vs 22 June 2012
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s vs 134.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700	AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	1053
PassMark - G3D Mark	19185
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2014
Geekbench - OpenCL	92669

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6700	AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 22	Tahiti
Launch date	9 Jun 2021	22 June 2012
Place in performance rating	76	not rated
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1941 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	705.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	22.58 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.29 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2048
Pixel fill rate	156.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s	134.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		4,301 gflops
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	274 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	160 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync