GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

Place in the ranking	491	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	58
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	11.55
Power efficiency	no data	12.82
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XT	GB202
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (14 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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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	1920	21760
Core clock speed	680 MHz	2017 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2407 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	575 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,637
Floating-point processing power	no data	104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	680
Tensor Cores	no data	680
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	170

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.79 TB/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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
CUDA	-	10.1

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:

900p	94 −1070%	1100−1150 +1070%
Full HD	98 −111%	207 +111%
1440p	14−16 −1214%	184 +1214%
4K	10−12 −1310%	141 +1310%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	9.66
1440p	no data	10.86
4K	no data	14.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −1231%	210−220 +1231%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −1067%	210−220 +1067%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −303%	110−120 +303%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −1231%	210−220 +1231%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −1067%	210−220 +1067%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −1395%	300−350 +1395%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −725%	190−200 +725%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −550%	150−160 +550%
Valorant	30−35 −2329%	800−850 +2329%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −303%	110−120 +303%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −1231%	210−220 +1231%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −1067%	210−220 +1067%
Dota 2	30−35 −447%	170−180 +447%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −330%	159 +330%
Fortnite	50−55 −481%	300−350 +481%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −1395%	300−350 +1395%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −994%	350−400 +994%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −725%	190−200 +725%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −203%	210−220 +203%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −550%	150−160 +550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −544%	170−180 +544%
Valorant	30−35 −2329%	800−850 +2329%
World of Tanks	130−140 −110%	270−280 +110%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −303%	110−120 +303%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −1163%	202 +1163%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −1067%	210−220 +1067%
Dota 2	30−35 −994%	350−400 +994%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −468%	210−220 +468%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −1395%	300−350 +1395%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −203%	210−220 +203%
Valorant	30−35 −2329%	800−850 +2329%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10−12 −1436%	160−170 +1436%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 −1067%	140−150 +1067%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −971%	450−500 +971%
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 −1043%	80−85 +1043%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −742%	160−170 +742%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 −1050%	230−240 +1050%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 −1738%	230−240 +1738%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −956%	160−170 +956%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −1067%	140−150 +1067%
Valorant	21−24 −2387%	550−600 +2387%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	5−6 −3380%	174 +3380%
Dota 2	18−20 −884%	180−190 +884%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −1058%	220−230 +1058%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −4075%	167 +4075%
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 −1058%	220−230 +1058%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1038%	90−95 +1038%
Counter-Strike 2	5−6 −1000%	55 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Dota 2	18−20 −1058%	220−230 +1058%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −855%	100−110 +855%
Fortnite	9−10 −967%	95−100 +967%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −1082%	130−140 +1082%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 −2583%	160−170 +2583%
Valorant	9−10 −3944%	350−400 +3944%