Radeon HD 6970 vs Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile with Radeon HD 6970, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4000 Mobile
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
34.18
+366%

RTX 4000 Mobile outperforms HD 6970 by a whopping 366% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking150531
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.00
Power efficiency21.522.03
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameTU104Cayman
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$369

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores25601536
Core clock speed1110 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1560 MHz880 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt550 Watt
Texture fill rate249.684.48
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPS2.703 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16096
Tensor Cores320no data
Ray Tracing Cores40no 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
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 outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire-+
VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)DirectX® 11
Shader Model6.55.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

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 4000 Mobile 34.18
+366%
HD 6970 7.34

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 4000 Mobile 18849
+443%
HD 6970 3470

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:

Full HD112
+367%
24−27
−367%
1440p65
+442%
12−14
−442%
4K47
+370%
10−12
−370%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data15.38
1440pno data30.75
4Kno data36.90

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+358%
12−14
−358%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 87
+383%
18−20
−383%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+460%
10−11
−460%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+377%
21−24
−377%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+340%
14−16
−340%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+358%
12−14
−358%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+324%
16−18
−324%
Far Cry New Dawn 125
+495%
21−24
−495%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+251%
45−50
−251%
Hitman 3 65−70
+386%
14−16
−386%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+228%
40−45
−228%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+414%
21−24
−414%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+300%
20−22
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 180
+620%
24−27
−620%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+119%
50−55
−119%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+283%
18−20
−283%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+460%
10−11
−460%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+377%
21−24
−377%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+340%
14−16
−340%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+358%
12−14
−358%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+324%
16−18
−324%
Far Cry New Dawn 90
+329%
21−24
−329%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+251%
45−50
−251%
Hitman 3 65−70
+386%
14−16
−386%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+228%
40−45
−228%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+414%
21−24
−414%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+300%
20−22
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+356%
24−27
−356%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+209%
21−24
−209%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+119%
50−55
−119%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 54
+200%
18−20
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+460%
10−11
−460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+340%
14−16
−340%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+358%
12−14
−358%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+324%
16−18
−324%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+251%
45−50
−251%
Hitman 3 65−70
+386%
14−16
−386%
Horizon Zero Dawn 121
+181%
40−45
−181%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+356%
24−27
−356%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75
+241%
21−24
−241%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+119%
50−55
−119%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+300%
20−22
−300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+336%
14−16
−336%
Far Cry New Dawn 60
+445%
10−12
−445%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41
+486%
7−8
−486%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+363%
8−9
−363%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+589%
27−30
−589%
Hitman 3 40−45
+264%
10−12
−264%
Horizon Zero Dawn 89
+456%
16−18
−456%
Metro Exodus 77
+863%
8−9
−863%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+633%
6−7
−633%
Watch Dogs: Legion 170−180
+262%
45−50
−262%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+323%
12−14
−323%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Far Cry New Dawn 33
+560%
5−6
−560%
Hitman 3 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+563%
24−27
−563%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+680%
5−6
−680%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+1175%
4−5
−1175%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 28
+600%
4−5
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+450%
8−9
−450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+300%
7−8
−300%

This is how RTX 4000 Mobile and HD 6970 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4000 Mobile is 367% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4000 Mobile is 442% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4000 Mobile is 370% 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 4000 Mobile is 2000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4000 Mobile surpassed HD 6970 in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 34.18 7.34
Recency 27 May 2019 14 December 2010
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 550 Watt

RTX 4000 Mobile has a 365.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6970 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Radeon HD 6970 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile
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