AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	407	378
Value for money	2.61	8.13
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Cayman	GF100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (11 years ago)	12 April 2010 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$369	$349
Price now	$255 (0.7x MSRP)	$9.99 (0x MSRP)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	no data
CUDA cores	no data	448
Boost clock speed	880 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,640 million	3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	550 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	84.48	34.0 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops	1,088.6 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data
SLI options	no data	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory bandwidth	no data	133.9 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
DisplayPort support	-	no data
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	no data
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon HD 6970 and GeForce GTX 470. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

273 Mh/s

97 Mh/s

Gaming performance

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

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	no data	52
Full HD	no data	64
1200p	no data	53

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Hitman 3	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Hitman 3	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Hitman 3	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Hitman 3	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	9.55	10.59
Novelty	14 December 2010	12 April 2010
Cost	$369	$349
Memory bus width	256	320

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