GeForce 930MX vs Radeon HD 6970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 930MX and Radeon HD 6970, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 930MX stacks up against Radeon HD 6970, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 930MX is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 930MX is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 930MX here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 930MX Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 3135% more power consumption, than GeForce 930MX.
  • GeForce 930MX is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 6970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 930MX and Radeon HD 6970 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce 930MX is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6970 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 930MX is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • GeForce 930MX is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 930MX is 625 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 14−16
ultra / 1080p 2−3 9−10
QHD / 1440p 2−3 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 7−8 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than GeForce 930MX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 930MX Radeon HD 6970
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name N16S-GMR Cayman
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 10 March 2016 14 December 2010
Pipelines 384 1536
Core clock speed 952 MHz
Boost Clock 1020 MHz 880 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 24.48 84.48
Floating-point performance 783.4 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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