Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Place in the ranking	222	472
Place by popularity	60	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.23	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GN20-P0	Blackcomb XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)	6 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 cores	2048	1920
Core clock speed	1238 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)	no 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).

Laptop size

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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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	900 MHz
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_2

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.

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 24.46
+168%

HD 6970M Crossfire 9.12

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.

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 15712
+184%

HD 6970M Crossfire 5542

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.

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 43216
+90.7%

HD 6970M Crossfire 22667

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	250−260 +166%	94 −166%
Full HD	63 −55.6%	98 +55.6%
1440p	43 +169%	16−18 −169%
4K	28 +180%	10−12 −180%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

66
+371%

14−16

−371%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +150%	21−24 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	58 +346%	12−14 −346%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +193%	27−30 −193%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +168%	18−20 −168%
Cyberpunk 2077	52 +271%	14−16 −271%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +171%	21−24 −171%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +160%	24−27 −160%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +138%	60−65 −138%
Hitman 3	57 +235%	16−18 −235%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +125%	50−55 −125%
Metro Exodus	126 +350%	27−30 −350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	87 +248%	24−27 −248%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 +180%	30−33 −180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	186 +210%	60−65 −210%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +150%	21−24 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	32 +146%	12−14 −146%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +193%	27−30 −193%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +168%	18−20 −168%
Cyberpunk 2077	41 +193%	14−16 −193%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +171%	21−24 −171%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +160%	24−27 −160%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +138%	60−65 −138%
Hitman 3	55 +224%	16−18 −224%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +125%	50−55 −125%
Metro Exodus	95 +239%	27−30 −239%
Red Dead Redemption 2	63 +152%	24−27 −152%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	94 +213%	30−33 −213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +116%	24−27 −116%
Watch Dogs: Legion	180 +200%	60−65 −200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +150%	21−24 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24 +84.6%	12−14 −84.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +168%	18−20 −168%
Cyberpunk 2077	34 +143%	14−16 −143%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +171%	21−24 −171%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +138%	60−65 −138%
Hitman 3	51 +200%	16−18 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	74 +45.1%	50−55 −45.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	81 +170%	30−33 −170%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	46 +84%	24−27 −84%
Watch Dogs: Legion	26 −131%	60−65 +131%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

72
+188%

24−27

−188%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +161%	18−20 −161%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +171%	14−16 −171%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +189%	9−10 −189%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	22 +340%	5−6 −340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +211%	9−10 −211%
Cyberpunk 2077	18 +350%	4−5 −350%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +190%	10−11 −190%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +267%	35−40 −267%
Hitman 3	37 +208%	12−14 −208%
Horizon Zero Dawn	59 +211%	18−20 −211%
Metro Exodus	52 +300%	12−14 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	56 +460%	10−11 −460%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +288%	8−9 −288%
Watch Dogs: Legion	166 +186%	55−60 −186%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

53
+253%

14−16

−253%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +213%	8−9 −213%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +217%	6−7 −217%
Hitman 3	15 +200%	5−6 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +246%	35−40 −246%
Metro Exodus	37 +429%	7−8 −429%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 +383%	6−7 −383%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +200%	5−6 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +209%	10−12 −209%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	34 +580%	5−6 −580%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

25
+178%

9−10

−178%

This is how RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and HD 6970M Crossfire compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 166% faster in 900p
HD 6970M Crossfire is 56% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 169% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 180% faster in 4K

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 580% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6970M Crossfire is 131% faster.

All in all, in popular games: