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AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

466%
466%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

21%
21%
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is approximately 445% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 32
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
3456
2048
TMUsDifferent
216
128
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 32
Tahiti
CodenameDifferent
Wheat Nas
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 32 XL(215-180000076)
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 3.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
28 nm
MCD ProcessDifferent
6 nm
N/A
Process TypeDifferent
N5 / N6 FinFET
N/A
TransistorsDifferent
28,100 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
81.2M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
346 mm²
352 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 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Aug 25th, 2023
Jun 22nd, 2012
AvailabilityDifferent
Sep 6th, 2023
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi III(RX 7000)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi II
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi IV
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
449 USD
499 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
24 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1435 MHz
1000 MHz
Game ClockDifferent
2171 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2544 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2250 MHz18 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
432.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
3456
2048
TMUsDifferent
216
128
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
54
32
Matrix CoresDifferent
108
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
54
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
768 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
48 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
244.2 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
549.5 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
70.34 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
35.17 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,099.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
135 mm5.3 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
245 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a2x DisplayPort 2.11x USB Type-C
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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