NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking3098
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money30.3614.12
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTAmpere GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2012 (11 years old)27 January 2022 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,999
Current price$126 $1251 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7970M Crossfire has 115% better value for money than RTX 3090 Ti.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores256010752
Core clock speed850 MHz1560 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1860 MHz
Number of transistorsno data28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rateno data625.0

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountno data24 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz21000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1,008 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX11.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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
15.97

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire by 381% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 7970M Crossfire 11119
RTX 3090 Ti 69481
+525%

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire by 525% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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
−355%
600−650
+355%
Full HD102
−106%
210
+106%
1440p27−30
−419%
140
+419%
4K18−21
−461%
101
+461%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−776%
219
+776%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−255%
110−120
+255%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−493%
160
+493%
Battlefield 5 50−55
−207%
160−170
+207%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−334%
170−180
+334%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−704%
201
+704%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−300%
160−170
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
−223%
130−140
+223%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−282%
210−220
+282%
Hitman 3 40−45
−391%
210−220
+391%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−412%
160−170
+412%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−381%
130−140
+381%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−679%
265
+679%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−470%
171
+470%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−255%
110−120
+255%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−411%
138
+411%
Battlefield 5 50−55
−207%
160−170
+207%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−334%
170−180
+334%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−592%
173
+592%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−300%
160−170
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
−223%
130−140
+223%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−282%
210−220
+282%
Hitman 3 40−45
−391%
210−220
+391%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−412%
160−170
+412%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−612%
178
+612%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−381%
130−140
+381%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−638%
251
+638%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−1059%
394
+1059%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−413%
154
+413%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−255%
110−120
+255%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−356%
123
+356%
Battlefield 5 50−55
−207%
160−170
+207%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−508%
152
+508%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−300%
160−170
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
−223%
130−140
+223%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−282%
210−220
+282%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−468%
193
+468%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−333%
130
+333%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−513%
140−150
+513%
Hitman 3 24−27
−604%
170−180
+604%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−505%
130−140
+505%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−733%
125
+733%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−550%
75−80
+550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−820%
184
+820%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−400%
85−90
+400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−731%
108
+731%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−329%
140−150
+329%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−1056%
104
+1056%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−465%
140−150
+465%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
−310%
120−130
+310%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−503%
180−190
+503%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−637%
140−150
+637%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−980%
108
+980%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−709%
85−90
+709%
Hitman 3 14−16
−600%
100−110
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−627%
80−85
+627%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−950%
84
+950%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−478%
50−55
+478%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−960%
106
+960%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−1053%
173
+1053%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−510%
60−65
+510%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−813%
73
+813%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−512%
100−110
+512%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1667%
53
+1667%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−623%
90−95
+623%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−488%
90−95
+488%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
−585%
130−140
+585%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−1067%
70
+1067%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and RTX 3090 Ti compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • RTX 3090 Ti is 355% faster than HD 7970M Crossfire

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 3090 Ti is 106% faster than HD 7970M Crossfire

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 3090 Ti is 419% faster than HD 7970M Crossfire

4K resolution:

  • RTX 3090 Ti is 461% faster than HD 7970M Crossfire

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3090 Ti is 1667% faster than the HD 7970M Crossfire.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3090 Ti surpassed HD 7970M Crossfire in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 15.97 76.84
Recency 1 May 2012 27 January 2022
Memory bus width 256 384
Pipelines / CUDA cores 2560 10752
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 450 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 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 3090 Ti is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
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