L4 vs Radeon HD 6950M

Place in the ranking	785	260
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.08	25.90
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Blackcomb	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 January 2011 (14 years ago)	21 March 2023 (2 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	960	7424
Core clock speed	580 MHz	795 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2040 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	72 Watt
Texture fill rate	27.84	489.6
Floating-point processing power	1.114 TFLOPS	30.29 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	80
TMUs	48	240
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	60
L1 Cache	192 KB	7.5 MB
L2 Cache	512 KB	48 MB

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	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	169 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	300.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

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 outputs

API and SDK support

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	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9
DLSS	-	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Escape from Tarkov	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Fortnite	18−20 −622%	130−140 +622%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −633%	110−120 +633%
Valorant	45−50 −614%	350−400 +614%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	60−65 −626%	450−500 +626%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Dota 2	30−35 −610%	220−230 +610%
Escape from Tarkov	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Fortnite	18−20 −622%	130−140 +622%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
Grand Theft Auto V	9−10 −622%	65−70 +622%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −633%	110−120 +633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −627%	80−85 +627%
Valorant	45−50 −614%	350−400 +614%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Dota 2	30−35 −610%	220−230 +610%
Escape from Tarkov	12−14 −608%	85−90 +608%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −633%	110−120 +633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −627%	80−85 +627%
Valorant	45−50 −614%	350−400 +614%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

18−20
−622%

130−140

+622%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	24−27 −620%	180−190 +620%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −624%	210−220 +624%
Valorant	30−35 −627%	240−250 +627%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Escape from Tarkov	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

6−7
−567%

40−45

+567%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −633%	110−120 +633%
Valorant	16−18 −606%	120−130 +606%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Dota 2	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Escape from Tarkov	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

4−5
−575%

27−30

+575%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.31	24.28
Recency	4 January 2011	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	72 Watt

HD 6950M has 44% lower power consumption.

L4, on the other hand, has a 633.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The L4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6950M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6950M is a notebook graphics card while L4 is a workstation one.