AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs AMD Radeon RX 7600
GPU · Specs Compare
Graphics Card
Release Date
Dec 2010
May 2023
Generation
Northern Islands
Navi III
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Clock Speeds
Memory Clock
1375 MHz
2250 MHz
Base Clock
—
1720 MHz
Boost Clock
—
2655 MHz
Memory
Memory Size
2GB
8GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
256bit
128bit
Bandwidth
176.0GB/s
288.0GB/s
Render Config
Compute Units
24
32
Shading Units
1536
2048
TMUs
96
128
ROPs
32
64
L1 Cache
8 KB (per CU)
128 KB per Array
L2 Cache
512 KB
2 MB
RT Cores
—
32
L3 Cache
—
32 MB
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
28.16 GPixel/s
169.9 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
84.48 GTexel/s
339.8 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
2.703 TFLOPS
21.75 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
675.8 GFLOPS
679.7 GFLOPS
FP16 (half)
—
43.50 TFLOPS
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
Cayman
Navi 33
GPU Variant
Cayman XT(215-0807007)
Navi 33 XL(215-163000057)
Architecture
TeraScale 3
RDNA 3.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
6 nm
Transistors
2.64 billion
13.3 billion
Die Size
389 mm²
204 mm²
Board Design
TDP
250W
165W
Suggested PSU
600 W
450 W
Outputs
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 2.1a3x DisplayPort 2.1
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 8-pin
Graphics Features
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.2
Vulkan
N/A
1.3
Shader Model
5.0
6.8
Benchmark
3DMark Time Spy
—
10,990
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
—
5,219
3DMark Speed Way
—
2,024
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
—
38
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
—
20
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
—
86
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
—
48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
—
130
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
—
72
GTA 5 2160p
—
82
GTA 5 1440p
—
82
GTA 5 1080p
—
190
Horizon Forbidden West 1080p
—
64
Horizon Forbidden West 1440p
—
48
Horizon Forbidden West 2160p
—
28
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.