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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 M280X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M280X, 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 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire stacks up against Radeon R9 M280X, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M280X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M280X 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 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire or Radeon R9 M280X here:

    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops
    Radeon R9 M280X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M280X
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 Not Listed
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M280X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M280X is 220 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M280X - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 2−3
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 7−8 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 40−45 14−16
    medium / 1080p 24−27 4−5
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 400% more, than Radeon R9 M280X.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M280X
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN
    Code name Blackcomb XT Saturn XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 6 January 2011 1 February 2015
    Pipelines 1920 896
    Core clock speed 680 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 2,080 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 61.60
    Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    FreeSync +
    Bus support Not Listed
    Laptop size large large
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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