Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand vs Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc)
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 495 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Xe LPG (2023) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Meteor Lake iGPU | Broadway |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (1 year 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 cores | 4 | 800 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1950 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 32.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.28 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 768 KB | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 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).
| Interface | no data | MXM-B (3.0) |
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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 64 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 December 2023 | 4 January 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 40 nm |
Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc) has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc) and Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand. We've got no test results to judge.
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