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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon RX 570

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 570. 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 RX 570. 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 RX 570
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon RX 570 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 570 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 570 - with Polaris.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 488 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 570 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 6100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 7−8 16−18
    4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
    low / 720p 40−45 60−65
    medium / 1080p 24−27 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon RX 570
    Architecture Terascale 2 Polaris
    Code name Blackcomb XT Polaris 20 Ellesmere
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 6 January 2011 18 April 2017
    Pipelines 1920 2048
    Core clock speed 680 MHz 1168 MHz
    Boost Clock 1244 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 5,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 159.2
    Floating-point performance 5,095 gflops
    Length 241 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 7000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan +
    FreeSync +
    Laptop size large
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