Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs RX 7600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	123	not rated
Place by popularity	34	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	87.76	no data
Power efficiency	18.47	no data
Architecture	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Navi 33	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	24 May 2023 (2 years ago)	22 June 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	2048	2048
Core clock speed	1720 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2655 MHz	1050 MHz
Number of transistors	13,300 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	339.8	134.4
Floating-point processing power	21.75 TFLOPS	4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	128	128
Ray Tracing Cores	32	no data
L0 Cache	512 KB	no data
L1 Cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	768 KB
L3 Cache	32 MB	no data

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).

Bus support	no data	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	204 mm	274 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	288 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity	-	+
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	-	+
FreeSync	-	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	6.8	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.3	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 May 2023	22 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	6 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	250 Watt