Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon HD 6990
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990, 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 Crossfire stacks up against Radeon HD 6990, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 Crossfire here:
Main Specs
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP)
375 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x2 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6990 - in Desktops.
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 150 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 4100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
21−24
14−16
ultra / 1080p
12−14
9−10
QHD / 1440p
7−8
3−4
4K / 2160p
5−6
−
low / 720p
40−45
30−35
medium / 1080p
24−27
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 46% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
high / 1080p
30−35
24−27
ultra / 1080p
27−30
21−24
QHD / 1440p
12−14
7−8
4K / 2160p
8−9
5−6
low / 720p
70−75
50−55
medium / 1080p
35−40
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Battlefield 5 is 39% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
low / 768p
50−55
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
low / 768p
230−240
210−220
medium / 768p
200−210
170−180
ultra / 1080p
120−130
95−100
QHD / 1440p
95−100
50−55
4K / 2160p
50−55
30−33
high / 768p
170−180
140−150
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 24% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
low / 768p
60−65
55−60
ultra / 1080p
50−55
40−45
medium / 1080p
55−60
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Cyberpunk 2077 is 16% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
low / 768p
120−130
110−120
medium / 768p
100−110
90−95
ultra / 1080p
80−85
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Dota 2 is 15% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
high / 1080p
24−27
18−20
ultra / 1080p
21−24
16−18
QHD / 1440p
20−22
−
4K / 2160p
8−9
6−7
low / 720p
50−55
35−40
medium / 1080p
27−30
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Far Cry 5 is 42% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
high / 1080p
30−35
24−27
ultra / 1080p
24−27
18−20
QHD / 1440p
16−18
16−18
low / 720p
120−130
95−100
medium / 1080p
70−75
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Fortnite is 28% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
high / 1080p
35−40
24−27
ultra / 1080p
27−30
20−22
QHD / 1440p
14−16
9−10
4K / 2160p
12−14
−
low / 720p
70−75
50−55
medium / 1080p
40−45
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Forza Horizon 4 is 44% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
low / 768p
100−110
85−90
medium / 768p
95−100
75−80
high / 1080p
40−45
30−33
ultra / 1080p
16−18
12−14
QHD / 1440p
7−8
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Grand Theft Auto V is 26% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
high / 1080p
12−14
9−10
ultra / 1080p
10−11
7−8
QHD / 1440p
10−11
−
4K / 2160p
3−4
2−3
low / 720p
40−45
27−30
medium / 1080p
18−20
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Metro Exodus is 41% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
low / 768p
120−130
110−120
ultra / 1080p
−
100−110
medium / 1080p
110−120
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Minecraft is 9% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
high / 1080p
−
21−24
ultra / 1080p
14−16
18−20
low / 720p
70−75
55−60
medium / 1080p
18−20
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 2% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
high / 1080p
16−18
14−16
ultra / 1080p
10−11
9−10
QHD / 1440p
2−3
0−1
4K / 2160p
1−2
−
low / 720p
40−45
27−30
medium / 1080p
21−24
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 35% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
low / 768p
75−80
55−60
medium / 768p
45−50
30−35
high / 1080p
24−27
18−20
ultra / 1080p
14−16
10−12
4K / 2160p
8−9
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 36% more, than Radeon HD 6990.
low / 768p
90−95
100−110
medium / 768p
60−65
60−65
ultra / 1080p
40−45
35−40
high / 768p
55−60
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990 in World of Tanks is 1% more, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
Full Specs
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Radeon HD 6990
Architecture
Terascale 2
TeraScale 3
Code name
Blackcomb XT
Antilles
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
6 January 2011
8 March 2011
Pipelines
1920
1536
Core clock speed
680 MHz
830 MHz
Transistor count
2x1700 Million
2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
79.68
Floating-point performance
2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length
295 mm
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
265 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
24 Mh/s
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