AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs AMD Radeon HD 6970
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and AMD Radeon HD 6970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 RX Vega 8 Mobile
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 880 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
- 55x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 550 Watt
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 24 November 2017 vs 14 December 2010 |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 880 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 550 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3358 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3358 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
- 3x more pipelines: 1536 vs 512
- 2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,703.4 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 72% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 432 vs 399
- Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2839 vs 1527
- 4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 8941
- Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3157
- Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3157
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 84.5 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1536 vs 512 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,703.4 gflops vs 1,126 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 432 vs 399 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2839 vs 1527 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 35739 vs 8941 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 vs 3157 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 vs 3157 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | AMD Radeon HD 6970 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 399 | 432 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1527 | 2839 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8941 | 35739 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3157 | 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3157 | 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3358 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 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 RX Vega 8 Mobile | AMD Radeon HD 6970 | |
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| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | TeraScale 3 |
| Code name | Vega | Cayman |
| Launch date | 24 November 2017 | 14 December 2010 |
| Place in performance rating | 665 | 662 |
| 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 |
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| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 880 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,126 gflops | 2,703.4 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 35.2 GTexel / s | 84.5 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt | 550 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,500 million | 2,640 million |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR4 | DDR5 |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
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API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | |
Technologies |
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