AMD Radeon Pro 455 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 455 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 455

• Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
• 15.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 550 Watt
• 3.7x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 1375 MHz
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3113 vs 2834
• Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 429
• Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.484 vs 18.676
• Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.854 vs 1.835

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

• 2.1x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 41.04 GTexel / s
• 2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
• 2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,703.4 gflops vs 1,313 gflops
• 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 11544
• Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 920.398 vs 573.646
• Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.219 vs 44.793
• Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 273.175 vs 148.673
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5372 vs 4146
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1762
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5372 vs 4146
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1762

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 455
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3113 2834
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	705 429
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11544 35739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.484 18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	573.646 920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.854 1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	44.793 52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	148.673 273.175
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4146 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1762 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4146 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1762 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3358

Compare specifications (specs)