Radeon HD 6970M X2 vs GeForce GTX 485M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking647not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.33no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF104Blackcomb
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2011 (14 years ago)4 January 2011 (14 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384960 ×2
Core clock speed1150 MHz680 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate36.8032.64 ×2
Floating-point processing power0.8832 TFLOPS1.306 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs3232 ×2
TMUs6448 ×2
L1 Cache512 KB96 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB

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
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB ×2
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed1500 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.0 GB/s115.2 GB/s ×2
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 outputsPortable Device Dependent
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 485M has 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 485M and Radeon HD 6970M X2. We've got no test results to judge.

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