NVS 810 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire with NVS 810, including specs and performance data.

HD 6970M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
8.68
+191%

HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms NVS 810 by a whopping 191% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking499784
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.10
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTGM107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date6 January 2011 (14 years ago)4 November 2015 (9 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 cores1920512 ×2
Core clock speed680 MHz902 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1033 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data68 Watt
Texture fill rateno data33.06 ×2
Floating-point processing powerno data1.058 TFLOPS ×2
ROPsno data16 ×2
TMUsno data32 ×2

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data198 mm
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB2 GB ×2
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s ×2
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 Connectorsno data8x mini-DisplayPort

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX1112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-5.0

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
+213%
30−35
−213%
Full HD102
+191%
35−40
−191%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+214%
14−16
−214%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+208%
12−14
−208%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+214%
14−16
−214%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Fortnite 50−55
+219%
16−18
−219%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+208%
12−14
−208%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
+213%
8−9
−213%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+200%
10−11
−200%
Valorant 80−85
+211%
27−30
−211%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+208%
12−14
−208%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+214%
14−16
−214%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
+228%
40−45
−228%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Dota 2 60−65
+200%
21−24
−200%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Fortnite 50−55
+219%
16−18
−219%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+208%
12−14
−208%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
+213%
8−9
−213%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+220%
10−11
−220%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+200%
10−11
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Valorant 80−85
+211%
27−30
−211%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+208%
12−14
−208%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Dota 2 60−65
+200%
21−24
−200%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+208%
12−14
−208%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+200%
10−11
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Valorant 80−85
+211%
27−30
−211%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 50−55
+219%
16−18
−219%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 65−70
+210%
21−24
−210%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+200%
14−16
−200%
Valorant 95−100
+217%
30−33
−217%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Valorant 40−45
+214%
14−16
−214%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Dota 2 30−35
+210%
10−11
−210%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and NVS 810 compete in popular games:

  • HD 6970M Crossfire is 213% faster in 900p
  • HD 6970M Crossfire is 191% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.68 2.98
Recency 6 January 2011 4 November 2015
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

HD 6970M Crossfire has a 191.3% higher aggregate performance score.

NVS 810, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 810 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a notebook card while NVS 810 is a workstation one.

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