GeForce 6150 vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire with GeForce 6150, including specs and performance data.

HD 8970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
17.12
+34140%

HD 8970M Crossfire outperforms 6150 by a whopping 34140% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking3581560
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.62no data
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameNeptune CFC51
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2012 (14 years ago)11 October 2004 (21 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560no data
Core clock speed850 MHz475 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data0.48
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCI
Widthno dataIGP

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width2x 256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed4800 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.19.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD69-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 95−100 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Palworld 40−45 0−1
Resident Evil 4 Remake 35−40 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 70−75 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 95−100 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Far Cry 5 55−60 0−1
Fortnite 90−95 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 70−75 0−1
Palworld 40−45 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70 0−1
Valorant 130−140 0−1

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 70−75 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 95−100 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 128 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Dota 2 100−110 0−1
Far Cry 5 55−60 0−1
Fortnite 90−95 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 70−75 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70 0−1
Metro Exodus 35−40 0−1
Palworld 40−45 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50 0−1
Valorant 130−140 0−1

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 70−75 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Dota 2 100−110 0−1
Far Cry 5 55−60 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 70−75 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50 0−1
Valorant 130−140 0−1

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 90−95 0−1
Palworld 40−45 0−1

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 35−40 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30 0−1
Metro Exodus 21−24 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160 0−1
Valorant 150−160 0−1

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 45−50 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 0−1
Far Cry 5 35−40 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 40−45 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27 0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45 0−1
Palworld 24−27 0−1

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35 0−1
Metro Exodus 14−16 0−1
Palworld 14−16 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27 0−1
Valorant 85−90 0−1

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 0−1
Dota 2 60−65 0−1
Far Cry 5 18−20 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−33 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18 0−1

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20 0−1
Palworld 14−16 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.12 0.05
Recency 1 May 2012 11 October 2004
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm

HD 8970M Crossfire has a 34140% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 221% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6150 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 6150 is a desktop one.

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