NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
VS
Radeon HD 7970 X2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
VS
Radeon HD 7970 X2

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti  vs  Radeon HD 7970 X2.

7
Place in performance rating
not rated
Ampere
Architecture
GCN 1.0
31 May 2021 (less than a year ago)
Release date
31 August 2012 (9 years ago)
$599
Launch price (MSRP)
$899
$1583 (2.6x MSRP)
Price now
$316 (0.4x MSRP)
19.71
Value for money
no data
GA104
GPU code name
New Zealand
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti  vs  Radeon HD 7970 X2 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

Core clock speed
925 MHz
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
339.8
Texture fill rate
118.4
Floating-point performance
2x 3,789 gflops
6144
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1770 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
17,400 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
290 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
500 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and Radeon HD 7970 X2 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
292 mm
1x 12-pin
Supplementary power connectors
3x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Radeon HD 7970 X2.

GDDR6X
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
19 GB/s
Memory clock speed
5500 MHz
608.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Radeon HD 7970 X2.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and Radeon HD 7970 X2 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
Shader Model
5.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and Radeon HD 7970 X2 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or Radeon HD 7970 X2 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Radeon HD 7970 X2
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Radeon HD 7970 X2
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Radeon HD 7970 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Radeon HD 7970 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Radeon HD 7970 X2
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

85.95% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (608.3 GB/s vs 264.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of Radeon HD 7970 X2

Cheaper ($316 (0.4x MSRP) vs $1583 (2.6x MSRP))

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or Radeon HD 7970 X2?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti versus Radeon HD 7970 X2 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

4.1 Out of 353 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 2 Hitesti Score