RTX A4000 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	448	53
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.49	13.17
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XT	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$170	$1112

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX A4000 has 76% better value for money than HD 6970M Crossfire.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1920	6144
Core clock speed	680 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	299.5

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and RTX A4000 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	448.0 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 Connectors

no data

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	no data	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.6

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 −432%	500−550 +432%
Full HD	95 −426%	500−550 +426%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−436%

75−80
+436%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −436%	150−160 +436%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −450%	110−120 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −419%	140−150 +419%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%
Hitman 3	21−24 −424%	110−120 +424%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −448%	170−180 +448%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −438%	140−150 +438%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −438%	140−150 +438%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −431%	85−90 +431%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −436%	150−160 +436%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −450%	110−120 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −419%	140−150 +419%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%
Hitman 3	21−24 −424%	110−120 +424%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −448%	170−180 +448%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −438%	140−150 +438%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −438%	140−150 +438%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −428%	95−100 +428%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −431%	85−90 +431%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −450%	110−120 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −419%	140−150 +419%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −448%	170−180 +448%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −438%	140−150 +438%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −428%	95−100 +428%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −431%	85−90 +431%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27
−420%

130−140

+420%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −428%	95−100 +428%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Hitman 3	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −429%	90−95 +429%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%