AMD Radeon HD 7610M vs AMD Radeon HD 6970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7610M and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7610M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 27.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 550 Watt
  • Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1375 MHz
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 479 vs 429
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2012 vs 14 December 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 550 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 479 vs 429

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

  • 9.4x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
  • 3.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 400
  • 7.5x better floating-point performance: 2,703.4 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2836 vs 632
  • 6.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 5257
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2632
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2632
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3339
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3339
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 84.5 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 400
Floating-point performance 2,703.4 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2836 vs 632
Geekbench - OpenCL 35739 vs 5257
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 2632
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 2632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7610M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
632
2836
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
479
429
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5257
35739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2632
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2632
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3358
Name AMD Radeon HD 7610M AMD Radeon HD 6970
PassMark - G3D Mark 632 2836
PassMark - G2D Mark 479 429
Geekbench - OpenCL 5257 35739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2632 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2632 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 273.175
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5372
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7610M AMD Radeon HD 6970

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 3
Code name Whistler Cayman
Launch date 7 January 2012 14 December 2010
Place in performance rating 674 675
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $369
Price now $94.99
Value for money (0-100) 48.01

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 360.0 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 400 1536
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s 84.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 550 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 2,640 million
Boost clock speed 880 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire