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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 M395X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M395X, 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 R9 M395X, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M395X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M395X 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 Crossfire or Radeon R9 M395X here:

    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops
    Radeon R9 M395X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M395X
    Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M395X has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M395X - with GCN 3.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M395X is 43 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M395X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M395X is 350 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 24−27
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 14−16
    QHD / 1440p 7−8 9−10
    4K / 2160p 5−6 6−7
    low / 720p 40−45 45−50
    medium / 1080p 24−27 30−35
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M395X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 15% more, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M395X
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 3
    Code name Blackcomb XT Amethyst XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 6 January 2011 16 October 2014
    Pipelines 1920 2048
    Core clock speed 680 MHz 723 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 92.54
    Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 413 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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