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    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon Sky 500

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon Sky 500, 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 Sky 500, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon Sky 500

    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:

    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon Sky 500
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon Sky 500 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon Sky 500 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 270 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 3900 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 7−8 16−18
    4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
    low / 720p 40−45 60−65
    medium / 1080p 24−27 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon Sky 500
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
    Code name Blackcomb XT Pitcairn
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 6 January 2011 27 March 2013
    Pipelines 1920 1280
    Core clock speed 680 MHz 950 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 76.00
    Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops
    Length 242 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 154 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Laptop size large
    Form factor full height / full length
    DisplayPort count 1
    Dual-link DVI support +
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