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AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon HD 6970

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

864%
864%

AMD Radeon HD 6970

12%
12%
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is approximately 852% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 32
Cayman
CoresDifferent
3840
1536
TMUsDifferent
240
96
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 32
Cayman
CodenameDifferent
Wheat Nas
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 32 XT(215-180000006)
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 7800 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
499 USD
369 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
44 in our database
80 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Base ClockDifferent
1295 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2124 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2430 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2438 MHz19.5 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
880 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
624.1 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Shading UnitsDifferent
3840
1536
TMUsDifferent
240
96
ROPsDifferent
96
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
60
24
Matrix CoresDifferent
120
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
60
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
64 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Pixel RateDifferent
233.3 GPixel/s
28.16 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
583.2 GTexel/s
84.48 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
74.65 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
37.32 TFLOPS
2.703 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,166.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
675.8 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
286 mm11.3 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
42 mm1.7 inches
TDPDifferent
263 W
250 W
Suggested PSU
600 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a3x DisplayPort 2.1
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-D712A7-00_02
109-C20047-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7800 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 3080 Ti Performance111%

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Performance108%

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Radeon RX 7900 GRE Performance106%

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GeForce GTX 1050 Performance119%

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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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GeForce GTX 660 Ti Performance118%

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

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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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