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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon RX Vega M GL

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon RX Vega M GL. 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 Crossfire and Radeon RX Vega M GL. 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 Crossfire and Radeon RX Vega M GL are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon RX Vega M GL 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 RX Vega M GL here:

    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops
    Radeon RX Vega M GL Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon RX Vega M GL
    Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt
    Interface IGP
    Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon RX Vega M GL 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 RX Vega M GL - with GCN 4.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX Vega M GL is 251 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GL - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX Vega M GL is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 7−8 4−5
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 40−45 35−40
    medium / 1080p 24−27 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 22% more, than Radeon RX Vega M GL.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon RX Vega M GL
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 4.0
    Code name Blackcomb XT Polaris 22
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 6 January 2011 1 February 2018
    Pipelines 1920 1280
    Core clock speed 680 MHz 931 MHz
    Boost Clock 1011 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 80.88
    Floating-point performance 2,588 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 1024 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1400 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large
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