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    Radeon HD 6970M vs Radeon R9 380X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6970M and Radeon R9 380X. 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 R9 380X. 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 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:

    Radeon HD 6970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Radeon R9 380X
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 380X has 153% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Radeon HD 6970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 380X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 380X has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Radeon HD 6970M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 380X - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
    • Radeon HD 6970M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 380X is 70 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 24−27 60−65
    medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Radeon R9 380X
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 3.0
    Code name Blackcomb XT Antigua
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 6 January 2011 19 November 2015
    Pipelines 960 2048
    Core clock speed 680 MHz
    Boost Clock 970 MHz
    Transistor count 1,700 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 32.64 124.2
    Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops 3,973 gflops
    Length 221 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 970 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.0 6.3
    OpenGL 4.4 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan N/A +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 118 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Bridgeless CrossFire +
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
    Compute units 32
    Form factor full height / full length
    High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
    LiquidVR +
    FRTC +
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