AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs ATI Radeon X550 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M and ATI Radeon X550 XT 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 X550 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 400 MHz
20.4x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
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
6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 600 MHz
40.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 56
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 24 January 2007
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 56
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 224

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

224

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Radeon X550 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	56
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	224
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 X550 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Blackcomb	RV410
Launch date	4 January 2011	24 January 2007
Place in performance rating	783	778
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	960
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	120 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)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0