AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 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 Radeon HD 4330

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 450 MHz
9.1x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 960 vs 80
18.1x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 72 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
16.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 135
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 377
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1654
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1654

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 377
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 1654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

377

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

1654

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

1654

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	135
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	377
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	1654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	1654

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Blackcomb	M92
Launch date	4 January 2011	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	790	792
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	960	80
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay