Radeon RX 6700 vs HD 7970M Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	312	54
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	32.20	27.81
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Wimbledon XT	Navi 22
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)	9 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$126	$551

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7970M Crossfire has 16% better value for money than RX 6700.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	2560	2304
Core clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2450 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	352.8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 6700 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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	10 GB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	320.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	no data	1.3

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:

900p	132 −203%	400−450 +203%
Full HD	107 −180%	300−350 +180%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27

−200%

75−80
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −203%	100−105 +203%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −188%	150−160 +188%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −186%	100−105 +186%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −200%	75−80 +200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −202%	130−140 +202%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −196%	160−170 +196%
Hitman 3	35−40 −197%	110−120 +197%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −188%	150−160 +188%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −206%	150−160 +206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −193%	85−90 +193%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −203%	100−105 +203%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −188%	150−160 +188%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −186%	100−105 +186%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −200%	75−80 +200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −202%	130−140 +202%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −196%	160−170 +196%
Hitman 3	35−40 −197%	110−120 +197%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −188%	150−160 +188%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −206%	150−160 +206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −194%	100−105 +194%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −193%	85−90 +193%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −203%	100−105 +203%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −186%	100−105 +186%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −200%	75−80 +200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −202%	130−140 +202%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −196%	160−170 +196%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −188%	150−160 +188%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −206%	150−160 +206%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −194%	100−105 +194%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −193%	85−90 +193%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
−189%

130−140

+189%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 −206%	95−100 +206%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −200%	90−95 +200%
Hitman 3	21−24 −204%	70−75 +204%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −169%	35−40 +169%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −200%	60−65 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −188%	75−80 +188%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −206%	95−100 +206%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −203%	100−105 +203%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −193%	85−90 +193%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −200%	90−95 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	30−35 −194%	100−105 +194%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Hitman 3	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −195%	65−70 +195%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%