Radeon HD 7970 vs RX 7600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 7600 and Radeon HD 7970, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 7600
2023
8 GB GDDR6, 165 Watt
43.03
+216%

RX 7600 outperforms HD 7970 by a whopping 216% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking87380
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation92.852.45
Power efficiency17.883.73
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 33Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date24 May 2023 (1 year ago)22 December 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$269 $549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7600 has 3690% better value for money than HD 7970.

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 cores20482048
Core clock speed1720 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2655 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors13,300 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate339.8118.4
Floating-point processing power21.75 TFLOPS3.789 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs128128
Ray Tracing Cores32no 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 supportno dataPCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length204 mm274 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s264 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.11x 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 compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX® 11
Shader Model6.75.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.21.2
Vulkan1.3-

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.

RX 7600 43.03
+216%
HD 7970 13.62

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 7600 16581
+216%
HD 7970 5248

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.

RX 7600 43430
+459%
HD 7970 7770

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.

RX 7600 114647
+363%
HD 7970 24757

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 7600 32404
+372%
HD 7970 6862

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 7600 183336
+319%
HD 7970 43795

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:

900p300−350
+186%
105
−186%
Full HD142
+56%
91
−56%
1440p67
+219%
21−24
−219%
4K35
+250%
10−12
−250%

Cost per frame, $

1080p1.896.03
1440p4.0126.14
4K7.6954.90

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 148
+605%
21−24
−605%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
+190%
30−35
−190%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+232%
21−24
−232%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+209%
40−45
−209%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+215%
27−30
−215%
Cyberpunk 2077 117
+457%
21−24
−457%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+181%
30−35
−181%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+181%
35−40
−181%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+124%
85−90
−124%
Hitman 3 90−95
+250%
24−27
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+147%
70−75
−147%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+187%
45−50
−187%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+153%
35−40
−153%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+259%
40−45
−259%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+79.7%
70−75
−79.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
+190%
30−35
−190%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+232%
21−24
−232%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+209%
40−45
−209%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+215%
27−30
−215%
Cyberpunk 2077 100
+376%
21−24
−376%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+181%
30−35
−181%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+181%
35−40
−181%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+124%
85−90
−124%
Hitman 3 90−95
+250%
24−27
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+147%
70−75
−147%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+187%
45−50
−187%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+153%
35−40
−153%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 230
+423%
40−45
−423%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+164%
30−35
−164%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+79.7%
70−75
−79.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
+190%
30−35
−190%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+232%
21−24
−232%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+215%
27−30
−215%
Cyberpunk 2077 90
+329%
21−24
−329%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+181%
30−35
−181%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+124%
85−90
−124%
Hitman 3 90−95
+250%
24−27
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 172
+146%
70−75
−146%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 199
+352%
40−45
−352%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 123
+273%
30−35
−273%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+79.7%
70−75
−79.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+153%
35−40
−153%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+215%
24−27
−215%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+210%
21−24
−210%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+229%
14−16
−229%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+380%
10−11
−380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+257%
14−16
−257%
Cyberpunk 2077 56
+700%
7−8
−700%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+206%
16−18
−206%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+238%
65−70
−238%
Hitman 3 55−60
+250%
16−18
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 127
+354%
27−30
−354%
Metro Exodus 118
+413%
21−24
−413%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+461%
21−24
−461%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 86
+514%
14−16
−514%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+139%
80−85
−139%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+232%
21−24
−232%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+231%
12−14
−231%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+260%
10−11
−260%
Hitman 3 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+188%
65−70
−188%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+323%
12−14
−323%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
+392%
12−14
−392%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+263%
8−9
−263%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+300%
7−8
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 24
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+257%
7−8
−257%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+228%
18−20
−228%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 69
+475%
12−14
−475%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%

This is how RX 7600 and HD 7970 compete in popular games:

  • RX 7600 is 186% faster in 900p
  • RX 7600 is 56% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7600 is 219% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7600 is 250% 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 RX 7600 is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7600 surpassed HD 7970 in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 43.03 13.62
Recency 24 May 2023 22 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 300 Watt

RX 7600 has a 215.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 81.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 7600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7970 in performance tests.


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