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    GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q and Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire, 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 GTX 1660 Ti Max Q stacks up against Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q and Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q and Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GTX 1660 Ti Max Q or Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire here:

    GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q Laptops
    Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q is 290 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire.
    • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q is 7200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 45−50 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 30−33 24−27
    QHD / 1440p 24−27 18−20
    4K / 2160p 12−14 10−11
    low / 720p 70−75 60−65
    medium / 1080p 50−55 45−50
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 21% more, than Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
    Architecture Turing GCN
    Code name N18E-G0 Neptune CF
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 23 April 2019 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 1536 2560
    Core clock speed 1140 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1335 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 6,600 million
    Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 128.2
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.5
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    CUDA 7.5
    Laptop size medium sized large
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