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
9.01
+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 ranking487768
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.14
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
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
Floating-point processing powerno data1.058 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 Connectorsno data8x mini-DisplayPort

API 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 HD98
+227%
30−35
−227%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+200%
12−14
−200%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
Valorant 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Dota 2 30−35
+220%
10−11
−220%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%
Fortnite 50−55
+194%
18−20
−194%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+200%
12−14
−200%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+220%
10−11
−220%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+196%
24−27
−196%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Valorant 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%
World of Tanks 130−140
+196%
45−50
−196%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
Dota 2 30−35
+220%
10−11
−220%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+217%
12−14
−217%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+200%
12−14
−200%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+196%
24−27
−196%
Valorant 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+214%
14−16
−214%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
World of Tanks 65−70
+210%
21−24
−210%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+220%
10−11
−220%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Valorant 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Dota 2 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
+225%
8−9
−225%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Dota 2 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Fortnite 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Valorant 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

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 227% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.01 3.10
Recency 6 January 2011 4 November 2015
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

HD 6970M Crossfire has a 190.6% 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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