GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire with GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, including specs and performance data.

HD 6970M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
8.71

RTX 4070 Ti SUPER outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by a whopping 815% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4928
Place by popularitynot in top-10091
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data48.94
Power efficiencyno data19.98
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTAD103
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2011 (14 years ago)8 January 2024 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

no data

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 cores19208448
Core clock speed680 MHz2340 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2610 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data285 Watt
Texture fill rateno data689.0
Floating-point processing powerno data44.1 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data264
Tensor Coresno data264
Ray Tracing Coresno data66

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 x16
Lengthno data310 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data672.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 6970M Crossfire 8.71
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 79.70
+815%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6970M Crossfire 5542
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 74834
+1250%

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
−804%
850−900
+804%
Full HD98
−131%
226
+131%
1440p16−18
−894%
159
+894%
4K10−12
−850%
95
+850%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.54
1440pno data5.03
4Kno data8.41

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 18−20
−950%
189
+950%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−789%
160−170
+789%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−303%
110−120
+303%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
−950%
189
+950%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−789%
160−170
+789%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−1197%
467
+1197%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
−918%
220−230
+918%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−571%
160−170
+571%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−546%
150−160
+546%
Valorant 30−35
−1353%
450−500
+1353%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−303%
110−120
+303%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
−850%
171
+850%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−789%
160−170
+789%
Dota 2 30−35
−444%
174
+444%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−295%
150
+295%
Fortnite 50−55
−481%
300−350
+481%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−1128%
442
+1128%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
−918%
220−230
+918%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−444%
174
+444%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−229%
79
+229%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−203%
210−220
+203%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−546%
150−160
+546%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−544%
170−180
+544%
Valorant 30−35
−1353%
450−500
+1353%
World of Tanks 130−140
−110%
270−280
+110%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−303%
110−120
+303%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
−733%
150
+733%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−789%
160−170
+789%
Dota 2 30−35
−806%
290−300
+806%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−297%
150−160
+297%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−1031%
407
+1031%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
−918%
220−230
+918%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−203%
210−220
+203%
Valorant 30−35
−1353%
450−500
+1353%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−550%
90−95
+550%
Dota 2 10−12
−1309%
155
+1309%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
−1192%
155
+1192%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−317%
170−180
+317%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1229%
90−95
+1229%
World of Tanks 65−70
−694%
500−550
+694%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−412%
85−90
+412%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−742%
160−170
+742%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
−1430%
306
+1430%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−1215%
170−180
+1215%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−788%
140−150
+788%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−1225%
159
+1225%
Valorant 21−24
−1670%
400−450
+1670%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−3500%
72
+3500%
Dota 2 18−20
−858%
182
+858%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
−858%
182
+858%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−2000%
84
+2000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
−704%
200−210
+704%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−967%
60−65
+967%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−858%
182
+858%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−1038%
90−95
+1038%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−1000%
22
+1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Dota 2 18−20
−795%
170−180
+795%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−855%
100−110
+855%
Fortnite 9−10
−967%
95−100
+967%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−1373%
162
+1373%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
Valorant 9−10
−2556%
230−240
+2556%

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and RTX 4070 Ti SUPER compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 804% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 131% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 894% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 850% faster in 4K

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

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 3500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER surpassed HD 6970M Crossfire in all 56 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.71 79.70
Recency 6 January 2011 8 January 2024
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a 815% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 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 card while GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a desktop one.


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