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AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon HD 6970

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

757%
757%

AMD Radeon HD 6970

13%
13%
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is approximately 744% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 32
Cayman
CoresDifferent
3456
1536
TMUsDifferent
216
96
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 32
Cayman
CodenameDifferent
Wheat Nas
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 32 XL(215-180000076)
Cayman XT(215-0807007)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 3.0
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
40 nm
MCD ProcessDifferent
6 nm
N/A
Process TypeDifferent
N5 / N6 FinFET
N/A
TransistorsDifferent
28,100 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
81.2M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
346 mm²
389 mm²
GCD SizeDifferent
200mm²
N/A
MCD SizeDifferent
36.6 mm² x4
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
N/A
Package SizeDifferent
40mm × 40mm
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Release DateDifferent
Aug 25th, 2023
Dec 14th, 2010
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 6th, 2023
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi III(RX 7000)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi II
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Navi IV
Southern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
449 USD
369 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
24 in our database
80 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Base ClockDifferent
1435 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2171 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2544 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2250 MHz18 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
880 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
432.0 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Shading UnitsDifferent
3456
1536
TMUsDifferent
216
96
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
54
24
Matrix CoresDifferent
108
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
54
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
48 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Pixel RateDifferent
244.2 GPixel/s
28.16 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
549.5 GTexel/s
84.48 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
70.34 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
35.17 TFLOPS
2.703 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,099.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
675.8 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
286 mm11.3 inches
HeightDifferent
135 mm5.3 inches
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
42 mm1.7 inches
TDPDifferent
245 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a2x DisplayPort 2.11x USB Type-C
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C20047-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
5.0

Comparison Summary

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GeForce RTX 4070 Performance117%

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AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Radeon RX 6900 XT Performance116%

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AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs GeForce RTX 3080

GeForce RTX 3080 Performance114%

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Radeon RX 7800 XT Performance114%

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Radeon RX 6800 XT Performance110%

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 1050

GeForce GTX 1050 Performance119%

GeForce GTX 1050 is 19% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 760

GeForce GTX 760 Performance118%

GeForce GTX 760 is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 580

GeForce GTX 580 Performance118%

GeForce GTX 580 is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

GeForce GTX 660 Ti Performance118%

GeForce GTX 660 Ti is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon R9 270X

Radeon R9 270X Performance116%

Radeon R9 270X is 16% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 950 Performance113%

GeForce GTX 950 is 13% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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