GeForce RTX 4060 Ti vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire with GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, including specs and performance data.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
16.04

RTX 4060 Ti outperforms HD 7970M Crossfire by a whopping 270% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking33935
Place by popularitynot in top-10016
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data81.93
Power efficiency5.5125.48
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTAD106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores25604352
Core clock speed850 MHz2310 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2535 MHz
Number of transistorsno data22,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rateno data344.8
Floating-point processing powerno data22.06 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data136
Tensor Coresno data136
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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 4.0 x8
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 data8 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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
−241%
450−500
+241%
Full HD101
−247%
350−400
+247%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data1.14

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
−252%
95−100
+252%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−244%
110−120
+244%
Elden Ring 50−55
−260%
180−190
+260%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−265%
190−200
+265%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
−252%
95−100
+252%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−244%
110−120
+244%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−264%
240−250
+264%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−264%
160−170
+264%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−259%
140−150
+259%
Valorant 65−70
−269%
240−250
+269%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−265%
190−200
+265%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
−252%
95−100
+252%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−244%
110−120
+244%
Dota 2 55−60
−262%
210−220
+262%
Elden Ring 50−55
−260%
180−190
+260%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−262%
210−220
+262%
Fortnite 85−90
−241%
300−310
+241%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−264%
240−250
+264%
Grand Theft Auto V 55−60
−268%
210−220
+268%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−264%
160−170
+264%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−251%
400−450
+251%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−259%
140−150
+259%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
−267%
180−190
+267%
Valorant 65−70
−269%
240−250
+269%
World of Tanks 200−210
−269%
750−800
+269%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−265%
190−200
+265%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
−252%
95−100
+252%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−244%
110−120
+244%
Dota 2 55−60
−262%
210−220
+262%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−262%
210−220
+262%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−264%
240−250
+264%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−251%
400−450
+251%
Valorant 65−70
−269%
240−250
+269%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 24−27
−254%
85−90
+254%
Elden Ring 24−27
−260%
90−95
+260%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
−254%
85−90
+254%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
−269%
550−600
+269%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−257%
50−55
+257%
World of Tanks 110−120
−260%
400−450
+260%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
−244%
110−120
+244%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
−244%
110−120
+244%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−250%
140−150
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−250%
140−150
+250%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−243%
120−130
+243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−264%
80−85
+264%
Valorant 40−45
−250%
140−150
+250%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Dota 2 27−30
−257%
100−105
+257%
Elden Ring 10−12
−264%
40−45
+264%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
−252%
95−100
+252%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−264%
40−45
+264%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−254%
170−180
+254%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−252%
95−100
+252%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−267%
55−60
+267%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Dota 2 27−30
−257%
100−105
+257%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−250%
70−75
+250%
Fortnite 18−20
−261%
65−70
+261%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−270%
85−90
+270%
Valorant 18−20
−261%
65−70
+261%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and RTX 4060 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 Ti is 241% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4060 Ti is 247% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.04 59.31
Recency 1 May 2012 18 May 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 160 Watt

RTX 4060 Ti has a 269.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4060 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 4060 Ti is a desktop one.


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