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.
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 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2606 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 440 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6105 | |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale 3 |
Code name | Broadway | Cayman |
Launch date | 4 January 2011 | 14 December 2010 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 713 |
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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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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 |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire |