FirePro V4900 vs Radeon HD 6970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 6970. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 6970. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 633% more power consumption, than FirePro V4900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 6970 has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro V4900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V4900 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 6970 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6970 is 104 mm longer, than FirePro V4900.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V4900 is 2625 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 14−16
ultra / 1080p 1−2 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 4−5 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 280% more, than FirePro V4900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V4900 Radeon HD 6970
Architecture TeraScale 2 Terascale 2
Code name Turks Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 November 2011 14 December 2010
Pipelines 480 1536
Core clock speed 800 MHz
Boost Clock 880 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 84.48
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 163 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 73 Mh/s 273 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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