AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M and ATI FirePro 2260 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6970M

ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 500 MHz
16.3x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 960 vs 40
32.6x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 40 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
20.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 113
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 431
11x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 304
11x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 113
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 431
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 304

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

431

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

304

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	431
Geekbench - OpenCL	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	304

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Blackcomb	RV620
Launch date	4 January 2011	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	790	793
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	960	40
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCI
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0