GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon HD 6970

Place in performance ranking	503	123
Place by popularity	not in top-100	31
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.06	21.03
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Cayman	Turing TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (13 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$369	$349
Current price	$189 (0.5x MSRP)	$397 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 has 1884% better value for money than HD 6970.

Detailed specifications

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	1920
Core clock speed	no data	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	880 MHz	1620 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	84.48	201.6
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops	no 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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 type	DDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported 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
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

HD 6970 7.33

RTX 2060 36.56
+399%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms Radeon HD 6970 by 399% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 6970 2836

RTX 2060 14152
+399%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms Radeon HD 6970 by 399% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 6970 3470

RTX 2060 19338
+457%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms Radeon HD 6970 by 457% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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	24−27 −404%	121 +404%
1440p	14−16 −443%	76 +443%
4K	10−12 −400%	50 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

−433%

60−65
+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −513%	92 +513%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −690%	79 +690%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −504%	145 +504%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −543%	135 +543%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −433%	60−65 +433%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −506%	103 +506%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −461%	101 +461%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −460%	140 +460%
Hitman 3	18−20 −544%	110−120 +544%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −621%	101 +621%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −685%	102 +685%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −569%	107 +569%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −742%	101 +742%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −420%	78 +420%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −540%	64 +540%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −438%	129 +438%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −462%	118 +462%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −433%	60−65 +433%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −482%	99 +482%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −439%	97 +439%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −424%	131 +424%
Hitman 3	18−20 −544%	110−120 +544%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −457%	78 +457%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −509%	67 +509%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −331%	56 +331%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −500%	96 +500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −807%	136 +807%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −625%	87 +625%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −273%	56 +273%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −450%	55 +450%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −396%	119 +396%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −433%	60−65 +433%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −453%	94 +453%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −389%	88 +389%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −320%	105 +320%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −387%	73 +387%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −275%	45 +275%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −591%	76 +591%
Hitman 3	12−14 −458%	65−70 +458%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −300%	52 +300%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −740%	42 +740%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −600%	35 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −440%	50−55 +440%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −2000%	42 +2000%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −875%	75−80 +875%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −500%	65−70 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −660%	76 +660%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −542%	75−80 +542%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −629%	50−55 +629%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −1400%	30 +1400%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −760%	43 +760%
Hitman 3	7−8 −414%	35−40 +414%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −87.5%	15 +87.5%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −2500%	26 +2500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −500%	24 +500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −967%	32 +967%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1175%	51 +1175%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −600%	28 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −700%	24 +700%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1225%	53 +1225%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −583%	41 +583%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −367%	42 +367%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −638%	59 +638%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1600%	17 +1600%

This is how HD 6970 and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 is 404% faster than HD 6970 in 1080p
RTX 2060 is 443% faster than HD 6970 in 1440p
RTX 2060 is 400% faster than HD 6970 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2060 is 2500% faster than the HD 6970.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2060 surpassed HD 6970 in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.33	36.56
Recency	14 December 2010	6 January 2019
Cost	$369	$349
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	175 Watt