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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

AMD Radeon HD 7970

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

536%
536%

AMD Radeon HD 7970

22%
22%
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is approximately 514% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 44
Tahiti
Cores
2048
2048
TMUs
128
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 44
Tahiti
CodenameDifferent
Strix Point
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 44 XT(215-176400102)
Tahiti XT(215-0821060)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 4.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process TypeDifferent
N4P FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
4 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
29,700 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
149.2M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
199 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
Monolithic
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
Release DateDifferent
Jun 4th, 2025
Jan 9th, 2012
AnnouncedDifferent
May 21st, 2025
Dec 22nd, 2011
GenerationDifferent
Navi IV(RX 9000)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi III
Northern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
349 USD
549 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
30 in our database
191 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Sea Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
Base ClockDifferent
1700 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2530 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
3130 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2518 MHz20.1 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
925 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
322.3 GB/s
264.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
Shading Units
2048
2048
TMUs
128
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute Units
32
32
Matrix CoresDifferent
64
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
32
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
768 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
32 MB
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
16 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
Pixel RateDifferent
200.3 GPixel/s
29.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
400.6 GTexel/s
118.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
51.28 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
25.64 TFLOPS
3.789 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
801.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
947.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
160 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b2x DisplayPort 2.1a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
LengthDifferent
N/A
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 7970
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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Radeon RX 6800 XT Performance113%

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GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Performance105%

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GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB Performance105%

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Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Performance113%

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is 13% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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GeForce GTX 590 Performance113%

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Radeon R9 280X Performance111%

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon HD 6990

Radeon HD 6990 Performance109%

Radeon HD 6990 is 9% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Performance103%

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is 3% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce GTX 680

GeForce GTX 680 Performance101%

GeForce GTX 680 is 1% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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