Radeon HD 6970M vs Tesla M60

In this comparison between Radeon HD 6970M and Tesla M60 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 6970M will be the best choice, for others Tesla M60 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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 M60
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 300 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M60 has 300% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M60 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M60 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is used in Laptops, and Tesla M60 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6970M is 123 MHz higher, than Tesla M60.
  • Radeon HD 6970M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M60 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 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 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 24−27 60−65
medium / 1080p 14−16 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 245% more, than Radeon HD 6970M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6970M Tesla M60
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Blackcomb XT GM204
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 6 January 2011 30 August 2015
Pipelines 960 2048
Core clock speed 680 MHz 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 32.64 150.8
Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops 2x 4,833 gflops
Length 267 mm
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 432 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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