Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 965M SLI

Place in performance ranking	295	448
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	32.10	7.57
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	no data	Blackcomb XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2015 (9 years ago)	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	$149	$170

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 965M SLI has 324% better value for money than HD 6970M Crossfire.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	1920
Core clock speed	924 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2x 5200 Million	2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 965M SLI and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	2x2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	900 MHz
Shared memory	-	-

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	11
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 965M SLI 17.30
+90.1%

HD 6970M Crossfire 9.10

GeForce GTX 965M SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire by 90% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 965M SLI 14428
+160%

HD 6970M Crossfire 5542

GeForce GTX 965M SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire by 160% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p	170−180 +80.9%	94 −80.9%
Full HD	71 −35.2%	96 +35.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30	no data
Battlefield 5	55−60	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70	no data
Metro Exodus	55−60	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30	no data
Battlefield 5	55−60	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70	no data
Metro Exodus	55−60	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	27−30	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Hitman 3	20−22	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	30−35	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	9−10	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Metro Exodus	16−18	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8	no data