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    Iris Graphics 6100 vs Radeon HD 6970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Iris Graphics 6100 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 Iris Graphics 6100 stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M, check out specs charts below.
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    Iris Graphics 6100 and Radeon HD 6970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Iris Graphics 6100 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 Iris Graphics 6100 or Radeon HD 6970M here:

    Iris Graphics 6100 Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Iris Graphics 6100 Radeon HD 6970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type System Shared GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 6970M has 400% more power consumption, than Iris Graphics 6100.
    • Iris Graphics 6100 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x1, and Radeon HD 6970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Iris Graphics 6100 is build with Gen. 8 Broadwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6970M is 380 MHz higher, than Iris Graphics 6100.
    • Iris Graphics 6100 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M - by 40 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 4−5 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 3−4 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
    low / 720p 12−14 24−27
    medium / 1080p 5−6 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than Iris Graphics 6100.

    Full Specs

      Iris Graphics 6100 Radeon HD 6970M
    Architecture Gen. 8 Broadwell Terascale 2
    Code name Broadwell GT3 Blackcomb XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 5 January 2015 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 48 960
    Core clock speed 300 MHz 680 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz
    Transistor count 189 million 1,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 52.80 32.64
    Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.4 4.4
    OpenCL 2.0 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.80 N/A
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 118 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Quick Sync +
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