GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile vs Radeon HD 6950M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6950M and GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 5070 Mobile outperforms HD 6950M by a whopping 1394% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 764 | 66 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.97 | 74.34 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb | GB206 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 January 2011 (14 years ago) | April 2025 (recently) |
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 | 960 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 580 MHz | 907 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1425 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 21,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 27.84 | 205.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.114 TFLOPS | 13.13 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 48 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
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 | large | medium sized |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 384.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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.
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.
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 HD | 7−8
−1543%
| 115
+1543%
|
| 1440p | 4−5
−1725%
| 73
+1725%
|
| 4K | 2−3
−1750%
| 37
+1750%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−12
−2273%
|
260−270
+2273%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
−1600%
|
110−120
+1600%
|
| Sons of the Forest | 2−3
−4950%
|
100−110
+4950%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1158%
|
150−160
+1158%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−12
−1918%
|
222
+1918%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
−1600%
|
110−120
+1600%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
−1450%
|
150−160
+1450%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1089%
|
210−220
+1089%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1088%
|
190−200
+1088%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 8−9
−1788%
|
150−160
+1788%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1060%
|
170−180
+1060%
|
| Sons of the Forest | 2−3
−4950%
|
100−110
+4950%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−455%
|
270−280
+455%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1158%
|
150−160
+1158%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−12
−1382%
|
163
+1382%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65
−357%
|
270−280
+357%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
−1600%
|
110−120
+1600%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−1352%
|
450−500
+1352%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
−1450%
|
150−160
+1450%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1089%
|
210−220
+1089%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1088%
|
190−200
+1088%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 8−9
−1788%
|
150−160
+1788%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11
−1340%
|
144
+1340%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7
−1933%
|
120−130
+1933%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1060%
|
170−180
+1060%
|
| Sons of the Forest | 2−3
−4950%
|
100−110
+4950%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−1636%
|
190−200
+1636%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−455%
|
270−280
+455%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−1158%
|
150−160
+1158%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
−1600%
|
110−120
+1600%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−1352%
|
450−500
+1352%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
−1450%
|
150−160
+1450%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−1088%
|
190−200
+1088%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1060%
|
170−180
+1060%
|
| Sons of the Forest | 2−3
−4950%
|
100−110
+4950%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−855%
|
105
+855%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−1329%
|
700−750
+1329%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20
−1089%
|
210−220
+1089%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 5−6
−2200%
|
115
+2200%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
−1308%
|
350−400
+1308%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2−3
−5350%
|
109
+5350%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−3750%
|
75−80
+3750%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 27−30
−1279%
|
400−450
+1279%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−827%
|
300−350
+827%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3050%
|
60−65
+3050%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−2360%
|
120−130
+2360%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−1800%
|
150−160
+1800%
|
| Sons of the Forest | 1−2
−7700%
|
75−80
+7700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−3333%
|
100−110
+3333%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 6−7
−2183%
|
130−140
+2183%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
−619%
|
110−120
+619%
|
| Valorant | 16−18
−1612%
|
290−300
+1612%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1300%
|
140−150
+1300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−3450%
|
70−75
+3450%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−3400%
|
100−110
+3400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−1900%
|
80−85
+1900%
|
| Sons of the Forest | 1−2
−4800%
|
45−50
+4800%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5
−1675%
|
70−75
+1675%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
This is how HD 6950M and RTX 5070 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX 5070 Mobile is 1543% faster in 1080p
- RTX 5070 Mobile is 1725% faster in 1440p
- RTX 5070 Mobile is 1750% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Sons of the Forest, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 5070 Mobile is 7700% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 5070 Mobile is ahead in 53 tests (91%)
- there's a draw in 5 tests (9%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.24 | 48.42 |
| Recency | 4 January 2011 | on April 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
RTX 5070 Mobile has a 1394.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6950M in performance tests.
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