Mobility Radeon X2300 vs HD 6970

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	502	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.06	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	Cayman	M64
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (13 years ago)	1 March 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$369	no data
Current price	$189 (0.5x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	6
Core clock speed	no data	2 MHz
Boost clock speed	880 MHz	480 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	107 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	84.48	1.916
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6970 and Mobility Radeon X2300 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data

Memory type	DDR5	DDR1/DDR2/GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	892 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	6.272 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	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort 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

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	-	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	14 December 2010	1 March 2007
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm

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