GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire with GeForce RTX 2060, including specs and performance data.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
16.04

RTX 2060 outperforms HD 7970M Crossfire by a whopping 129% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking338131
Place by popularitynot in top-10019
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data39.47
Power efficiency5.5215.82
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTTU106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)7 January 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25601920
Core clock speed850 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1680 MHz
Number of transistorsno data10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rateno data201.6
Floating-point processing powerno data6.451 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.112
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7970M Crossfire 16.04
RTX 2060 36.77
+129%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 7970M Crossfire 11119
RTX 2060 27163
+144%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 7970M Crossfire 31127
RTX 2060 60454
+94.2%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p132
−127%
300−350
+127%
Full HD101
−19.8%
121
+19.8%
1440p30−35
−157%
77
+157%
4K21−24
−138%
50
+138%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.88
1440pno data4.53
4Kno data6.98

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−144%
75−80
+144%
Elden Ring 45−50
−161%
120−130
+161%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−73.1%
90
+73.1%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−144%
75−80
+144%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−167%
170−180
+167%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−130%
101
+130%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−179%
109
+179%
Valorant 60−65
−189%
185
+189%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−183%
147
+183%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−144%
75−80
+144%
Dota 2 55−60
−45.6%
83
+45.6%
Elden Ring 45−50
−161%
120−130
+161%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−62.1%
90−95
+62.1%
Fortnite 85−90
−76.1%
155
+76.1%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−167%
170−180
+167%
Grand Theft Auto V 55−60
−118%
124
+118%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−70.5%
75
+70.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−106%
235
+106%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−43.6%
56
+43.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
−163%
120−130
+163%
Valorant 60−65
−62.5%
104
+62.5%
World of Tanks 200−210
−37.4%
270−280
+37.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−53.8%
80
+53.8%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−144%
75−80
+144%
Dota 2 55−60
−105%
110−120
+105%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−62.1%
90−95
+62.1%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−167%
170−180
+167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−2.6%
117
+2.6%
Valorant 60−65
−153%
162
+153%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 24−27
−179%
65−70
+179%
Elden Ring 24−27
−192%
70−75
+192%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
−179%
65−70
+179%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
−17.4%
170−180
+17.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−150%
35
+150%
World of Tanks 110−120
−111%
230−240
+111%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
−116%
65−70
+116%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−157%
35−40
+157%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−200%
35−40
+200%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−195%
110−120
+195%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−163%
100−110
+163%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−117%
76
+117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−195%
60−65
+195%
Valorant 40−45
−155%
102
+155%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−208%
35−40
+208%
Dota 2 27−30
−139%
67
+139%
Elden Ring 10−12
−209%
30−35
+209%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
−148%
67
+148%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−136%
26
+136%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−140%
115
+140%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−140%
24
+140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−148%
67
+148%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−173%
41
+173%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−208%
35−40
+208%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Dota 2 27−30
−154%
70−75
+154%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−165%
50−55
+165%
Fortnite 18−20
−183%
50−55
+183%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−161%
60−65
+161%
Valorant 18−20
−156%
46
+156%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 is 127% faster in 900p
  • RTX 2060 is 20% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2060 is 157% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2060 is 138% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2060 is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2060 surpassed HD 7970M Crossfire in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.04 36.77
Recency 1 May 2012 7 January 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 160 Watt

RTX 2060 has a 129.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2060 is a desktop one.


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