AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M and ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6970M

ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 94% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 350 MHz
11.6x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
120x more pipelines: 960 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 850 MHz
27.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 82
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 223

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 3 February 2005
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

223

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	223
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Blackcomb	M26
Launch date	4 January 2011	3 February 2005
Place in performance rating	783	780
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	960	8
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	120 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	13.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCIe