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    Radeon HD 6970M vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6970M and Radeon R6 Kaveri, 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 Radeon HD 6970M stacks up against Radeon R6 Kaveri, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 6970M and Radeon R6 Kaveri are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 6970M and Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 or Radeon R6 Kaveri here:

    Radeon HD 6970M Laptops
    Radeon R6 Kaveri Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6970M is 147 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
    • Radeon HD 6970M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 −
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
    low / 720p 24−27 1−2
    medium / 1080p 14−16 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2400% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.1
    Code name Blackcomb XT Kaveri
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 6 January 2011 4 June 2014
    Pipelines 960 384
    Core clock speed 680 MHz 533 MHz
    Boost Clock 654 MHz
    Transistor count 1,700 million 2410 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 32.64
    Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - +
    DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 118 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
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