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    GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon HD 6970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon HD 6970M, 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 GeForce GTX 970M stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon HD 6970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon HD 6970M 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 GeForce GTX 970M or Radeon HD 6970M here:

    GeForce GTX 970M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 970M Radeon HD 6970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 970M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 244 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • GeForce GTX 970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 1600 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 24−27
    medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 970M Radeon HD 6970M
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name GM204 Blackcomb XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 October 2014 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 1280 960
    Core clock speed 924 MHz 680 MHz
    Boost Clock 1038 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 1,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 83.04 32.64
    Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops 1,305.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1280
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 314 Mh/s 118 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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