Radeon HD 6970M vs Radeon Pro WX 7100

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6970M and Radeon Pro WX 7100. 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 and Radeon Pro WX 7100. 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.

Radeon HD 6970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6970M 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 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6970M Radeon Pro WX 7100
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 130 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro WX 7100 has 73% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro WX 7100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro WX 7100 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro WX 7100 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro WX 7100 - with Polaris.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro WX 7100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 7100 is 6100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 24−27
QHD / 1440p 1−2 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 24−27 60−65
medium / 1080p 14−16 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro WX 7100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 245% more, than Radeon HD 6970M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6970M Radeon Pro WX 7100
Architecture Terascale 2 Polaris
Code name Blackcomb XT Polaris 12
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 6 January 2011 1 March 2017
Pipelines 960 2304
Core clock speed 680 MHz
Boost Clock 1243 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 32.64 179.0
Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops 5,728 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 118 Mh/s 567 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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