Arc Pro A30M vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire with Arc Pro A30M, including specs and performance data.

HD 6970M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
8.52

Pro A30M outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by an impressive 65% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking537402
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.53
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTDG2-128
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date6 January 2011 (14 years ago)8 August 2022 (3 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 cores19201024
Core clock speed680 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data128.0
Floating-point processing powerno data4.096 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data8
L2 Cacheno data4 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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3

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:

900p94
−59.6%
150−160
+59.6%
Full HD102
−56.9%
160−170
+56.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−63%
75−80
+63%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−63%
75−80
+63%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%
Escape from Tarkov 35−40
−57.1%
55−60
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−60.7%
45−50
+60.7%
Fortnite 50−55
−63.5%
85−90
+63.5%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
−53.8%
40−45
+53.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−61.3%
50−55
+61.3%
Valorant 85−90
−62.8%
140−150
+62.8%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−63%
75−80
+63%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−64.2%
220−230
+64.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%
Dota 2 60−65
−56.3%
100−105
+56.3%
Escape from Tarkov 35−40
−57.1%
55−60
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−60.7%
45−50
+60.7%
Fortnite 50−55
−63.5%
85−90
+63.5%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
−53.8%
40−45
+53.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−56.3%
50−55
+56.3%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−58.8%
27−30
+58.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−61.3%
50−55
+61.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Valorant 85−90
−62.8%
140−150
+62.8%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%
Dota 2 60−65
−56.3%
100−105
+56.3%
Escape from Tarkov 35−40
−57.1%
55−60
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−60.7%
45−50
+60.7%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−57.9%
60−65
+57.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−61.3%
50−55
+61.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Valorant 85−90
−62.8%
140−150
+62.8%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 50−55
−63.5%
85−90
+63.5%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 65−70
−51.5%
100−105
+51.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−63%
75−80
+63%
Valorant 95−100
−56.3%
150−160
+56.3%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 20−22
−50%
30−33
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Escape from Tarkov 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−42.9%
30−33
+42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Valorant 45−50
−55.6%
70−75
+55.6%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Dota 2 30−35
−56.3%
50−55
+56.3%
Escape from Tarkov 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−50%
21−24
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and Arc Pro A30M compete in popular games:

  • Arc Pro A30M is 60% faster in 900p
  • Arc Pro A30M is 57% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.52 14.02
Recency 6 January 2011 8 August 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm

Arc Pro A30M has a 64.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc Pro A30M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.

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