Radeon HD 6970M X2 vs GeForce GTX TITAN Z

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	300	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.10	no data
Power efficiency	4.31	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GK110B	Blackcomb
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	28 May 2014 (11 years ago)	4 January 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	5760 ×2	960 ×2
Core clock speed	705 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	876 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,080 million	1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	210.2 ×2	32.64 ×2
Floating-point processing power	5.046 TFLOPS ×2	1.306 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	48 ×2	32 ×2
TMUs	240 ×2	48 ×2
L1 Cache	240 KB	96 KB
L2 Cache	1536 KB	512 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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	3-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

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	12 GB ×2	2 GB ×2
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU) ×2	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	672 GB/s ×2	115.2 GB/s ×2

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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 May 2014	4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	150 Watt

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