AMD Radeon HD 6970M videocard review

Radeon HD 6970M videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 January 2011. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Blackcomb.

Core clock speed - 680 MHz. Texture fill rate - 32.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 960. Floating-point performance - 1,305.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 115.2 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38579

2270

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

656

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345616

3349

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

4.787 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

617.819 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

0.927 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

24.456 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

117.801 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3229 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3342 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3229.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3342.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270
PassMark - G2D Mark	656
Geekbench - OpenCL	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	4.787 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	617.819 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	0.927 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	24.456 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	117.801 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3229 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3342 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3229.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3342.000 Fps

Games performance

1. Dirt Showdown (2012)
2. Diablo III (2012)
3. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
5. Battlefield 3 (2011)
6. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

7. StarCraft 2 (2010)
8. Metro 2033 (2010)
9. Left 4 Dead (2008)
10. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
11. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
12. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	76.60
Medium, 1366x768	64.20
High, 1366x768	59.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	30.30

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	193.40
Medium, 1366x768	132.10
High, 1366x768	89.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	64.60

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	60.00
High, 1366x768	59.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	54.10

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	51.50
Medium, 1366x768	48.40
High, 1366x768	40.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	30.60

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	84.30
Medium, 1366x768	58.80
High, 1366x768	45.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	19.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768	174.70
High, 1366x768	102.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	45.10

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	200.65
Medium, 1360x768	66.10
High, 1360x768	65.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	58.60

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	119.15
Medium, 1360x768	77.20
High, 1600x900	52.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.30

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Low, 640x480	157.30
High, 1024x768	120.50

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600	250.70
Medium, 1024x768	160.05
High, 1280x1024	103.40

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	107.60
Medium, 1024x768	67.60
High, 1024x768	67.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	24.80

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

204.80

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Blackcomb
Launch date	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	790
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	960
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0