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).

 

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 791 794
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