amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
Radeon RX 7600 XT
$329 • Jan 2024
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 300 W | 190 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 2755 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 6nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 176.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 288 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.301 GFLOPS | 22.57 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 204 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 13300 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
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