Radeon HD 6970M vs Tesla M6

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6970M and Tesla M6. 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 Tesla M6. 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 Tesla M6
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M6 has 33% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M6 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M6 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is used in Laptops, and Tesla M6 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M6 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M6 is 250 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M6 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M6 is 4112 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 24−27
QHD / 1440p 1−2 20−22
4K / 2160p 10−12
low / 720p 24−27 65−70
medium / 1080p 14−16 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M6 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 254% more, than Radeon HD 6970M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6970M Tesla M6
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Blackcomb XT GM204
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 6 January 2011 30 August 2015
Pipelines 960 1536
Core clock speed 680 MHz 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1180 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 32.64 113.3
Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops 3,625 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 118 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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