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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

AMD Radeon HD 6970

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

1292%
1292%

AMD Radeon HD 6970

9%
9%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is approximately 1283% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 31
Cayman
CoresDifferent
5376
1536
TMUsDifferent
336
96
ROPsDifferent
192
32
Memory SizeDifferent
20 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
320 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 31
Cayman
CodenameDifferent
Plum Bonito
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 31 XT(215-145000156)
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
57,700 million
2,640 million
GCD TransistorsDifferent
45,400 million
N/A
MCD TransistorsDifferent
2,050 million x6
N/A
DensityDifferent
109.1M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
GCD DensityDifferent
150.2M / mm²
N/A
MCD DensityDifferent
54.64M / mm²
N/A
Die SizeDifferent
529 mm²
389 mm²
GCD Die SizeDifferent
304.35 mm²
N/A
MCD Die SizeDifferent
37.52 mm² x6
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Release DateDifferent
Nov 3rd, 2022
Dec 14th, 2010
AvailabilityDifferent
Dec 13th, 2022
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
899 USD
369 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
23 in our database
80 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Base ClockDifferent
1387 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
2025 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2025 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2394 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2500 MHz20 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
880 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Memory SizeDifferent
20 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
320 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
800.0 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Shading UnitsDifferent
5376
1536
TMUsDifferent
336
96
ROPsDifferent
192
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
84
24
Matrix CoresDifferent
168
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
84
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
64 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
256 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
6 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
80 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Pixel RateDifferent
459.6 GPixel/s
28.16 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
804.4 GTexel/s
84.48 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
103.0 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
51.48 TFLOPS
2.703 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1.609 TFLOPS (1:32)
675.8 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
276 mm10.9 inches
286 mm11.3 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
51 mm2 inches
42 mm1.7 inches
TDPDifferent
300 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 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
109-D704A7-00_02
109-C20047-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 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 4080 Performance116%

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GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Performance114%

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Radeon RX 9070 XT Performance109%

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GeForce GTX 1050 Performance119%

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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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GeForce GTX 950 Performance113%

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

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