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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 M470

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M470. 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 R9 M470. 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 and Radeon R9 M470 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M470 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 M470 here:

    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops
    Radeon R9 M470 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M470
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M470 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M470 - with GCN 2.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 320 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M470 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 5100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 7−8
    QHD / 1440p 7−8 2−3
    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 83% more, than Radeon R9 M470.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M470
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 2
    Code name Blackcomb XT Saturn
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 6 January 2011 14 May 2016
    Pipelines 1920 768
    Core clock speed 680 MHz 1000 MHz
    Boost Clock 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 2,080 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 48.00
    Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large large
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