Ice Lake GT3e vs Radeon HD 6970

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	597	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.93	no data
Power efficiency	2.08	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code name	Cayman	Ice Lake GT3e
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (15 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$369	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1536	512
Boost clock speed	880 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,640 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	84.48	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.703 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	96	32
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	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	no data
Length	286 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	no data

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2	no data
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

40 nm

10 nm

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