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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon HD 6970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 6970M, 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M, check out specs charts below.
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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 6970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 6970M 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book or Radeon HD 6970M here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon HD 6970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 6970M has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 274 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 4112 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
    low / 720p 20−22 24−27
    medium / 1080p 10−12 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 27% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon HD 6970M
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name Surface Book Blackcomb XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 October 2015 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 384 960
    Core clock speed 954 MHz 680 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 1,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 32.64
    Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 118 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
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