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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon R7 250X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R7 250X. 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 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R7 250X. 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.
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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire here:

    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R7 250X
    Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R7 250X have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 250X - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 250X - with GCN 1.0.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 250X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 250X is 725 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 7−8 1−2
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 40−45 24−27
    medium / 1080p 24−27 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R7 250X.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R7 250X
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
    Code name Blackcomb XT Cape Verde
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 6 January 2011 13 February 2014
    Pipelines 1920 640
    Core clock speed 680 MHz
    Boost Clock 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 38.00
    Floating-point performance 1,216 gflops
    Length 210 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1625 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 152 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
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