Radeon HD 6970 X2 vs GeForce 9300 GE

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1421not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameG98Antilles
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 June 2008 (17 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$22.99 no data

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores81536
Core clock speed540 MHz880 MHz
Number of transistors210 million2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data375 Watt
Texture fill rate2.16084.48
Floating-point processing power0.0208 TFLOPSno data
ROPs432
TMUs496
L2 Cache16 KBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone3x 8-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz5.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s176.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
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API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm

HD 6970 X2 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

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