AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs ATI Radeon X1300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M and ATI Radeon X1300 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 X1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 450 MHz
18.1x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
7.2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
39.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 58
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 5 October 2005
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 58
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 237

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

237

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Radeon X1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	58
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	237
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 Radeon X1300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Blackcomb	RV516
Launch date	4 January 2011	5 October 2005
Place in performance rating	780	777
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	960
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0