AMD Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand and AMD Radeon HD 6950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand

AMD Radeon HD 6950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand

6.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 500 Watt
3.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

2.2x more texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 32.0 GTexel / s
Around 76% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 800
Around 76% better floating-point performance: 2,252.8 gflops vs 1,280.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s vs 32.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2,252.8 gflops vs 1,280.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand	AMD Radeon HD 6950
PassMark - G3D Mark		2616
PassMark - G2D Mark		439
Geekbench - OpenCL		6102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		11657
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand	AMD Radeon HD 6950
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 3
Code name	Broadway	Cayman
Launch date	4 January 2011	14 December 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	721
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		45.34
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,280.0 gflops	2,252.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	800	1408
Texture fill rate	32.0 GTexel / s	70.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	2,640 million
Boost clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire