AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs ATI Radeon HD 4770

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M and ATI Radeon HD 4770 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 Radeon HD 4770

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 960 vs 640
Around 36% better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3200 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 898
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 97

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 28 April 2009
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 898
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 97

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4770

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 680 MHz
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8618 vs 3342
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8618 vs 3342

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 680 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8618 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8618 vs 3342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4770

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

898

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

8618

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

8618

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Radeon HD 4770
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	898
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	97
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	8618
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	8618

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Radeon HD 4770
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Blackcomb	RV740
Launch date	4 January 2011	28 April 2009
Place in performance rating	780	783
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	640
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	826 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		203 mm
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0