GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q and Radeon HD 6970M 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 RTX 2060 Max Q stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q and Radeon HD 6970M 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 RTX 2060 Max Q or Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q is 295 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q is 10100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 21−24
ultra / 1080p 35−40 12−14
QHD / 1440p 27−30 7−8
4K / 2160p 14−16 5−6
low / 720p 75−80 40−45
medium / 1080p 60−65 24−27
The average gaming FPS of GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 136% more, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

Full Specs

  GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Architecture Turing Terascale 2
Code name N18E-G1 MAX-Q TU106 Blackcomb XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 6 January 2019 6 January 2011
Pipelines 1920 1920
Core clock speed 975 MHz 680 MHz
Boost Clock 1185 MHz
Transistor count 10,800 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 142.2
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 11000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.5
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA 7.5
Laptop size large large
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