Radeon HD 6950M vs GeForce GTX 570M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 570M and Radeon HD 6950M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 570M
2011
1536 MB GDDR5, 75 Watt
4.84
+35.6%

GTX 570M outperforms HD 6950M by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking640721
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.424.89
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF114Blackcomb
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date28 June 2011 (13 years ago)4 January 2011 (13 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 cores336960
Core clock speed575 MHz580 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate32.2027.84
Floating-point processing power0.7728 TFLOPS1.114 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs5648

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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 amount1536 MB1 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth72.0 GB/s115.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 570M 4.84
+35.6%
HD 6950M 3.57

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 570M 2399
HD 6950M 2452
+2.2%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 570M 11060
+9.3%
HD 6950M 10122

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:

900p37
+37%
27−30
−37%
Full HD52
+48.6%
35−40
−48.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+50%
20−22
−50%
Hitman 3 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+24%
24−27
−24%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+12.2%
40−45
−12.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+50%
20−22
−50%
Hitman 3 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+24%
24−27
−24%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+12.2%
40−45
−12.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+50%
20−22
−50%
Hitman 3 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+24%
24−27
−24%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+12.2%
40−45
−12.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Hitman 3 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
+36.4%
21−24
−36.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

This is how GTX 570M and HD 6950M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 570M is 37% faster in 900p
  • GTX 570M is 49% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 570M is 900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 570M is ahead in 60 tests (95%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.84 3.57
Recency 28 June 2011 4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 570M has a 35.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

HD 6950M, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 570M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6950M in performance tests.


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