R9 M385 vs HD 6970M Crossfire

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Combined performance score

HD 6970M Crossfire
8.98
+69.1%

HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms R9 M385 by 69% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking446575
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.960.40
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTStrato
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years old)16 June 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$170 $999
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6970M Crossfire has 1640% better value for money than R9 M385.

Technical specs

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 cores1920896
Core clock speed680 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Texture fill rateno data56.00
Floating-point performanceno data1,792 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M385 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 dataNo outputs
Eyefinityno data1

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno data-
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data+
PowerTuneno data+
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data+
ZeroCoreno data+
Switchable graphicsno data1

API support

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

DirectX11DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data6.3
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantleno data+

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
+70.9%
55−60
−70.9%
Full HD102
+70%
60−65
−70%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Battlefield 5 30−33
+87.5%
16−18
−87.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+41.2%
16−18
−41.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+100%
10−12
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+88.2%
16−18
−88.2%
Hitman 3 21−24
+91.7%
12−14
−91.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+46.2%
12−14
−46.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Battlefield 5 30−33
+87.5%
16−18
−87.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+41.2%
16−18
−41.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+100%
10−12
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+88.2%
16−18
−88.2%
Hitman 3 21−24
+91.7%
12−14
−91.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+46.2%
12−14
−46.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+63.6%
10−12
−63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Battlefield 5 30−33
+87.5%
16−18
−87.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+100%
10−12
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+88.2%
16−18
−88.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+63.6%
10−12
−63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Hitman 3 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and R9 M385 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • HD 6970M Crossfire is 70.9% faster than R9 M385

1080p resolution:

  • HD 6970M Crossfire is 70% faster than R9 M385

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6970M Crossfire is 600% faster than the R9 M385.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6970M Crossfire is ahead in 62 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.98 5.31
Recency 6 January 2011 16 June 2015
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M385 in performance tests.


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