RX 550X Mobile vs HD 6970M Crossfire

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Combined performance score

HD 6970M Crossfire
8.99
+48.8%

HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms RX 550X Mobile by 49% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking446549
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.988.66
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTPolaris 12
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years old)10 January 2019 (5 years old)
Current price$170 $299
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550X Mobile has 24% better value for money than HD 6970M Crossfire.

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 cores1920640
Core clock speed680 MHz1176 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1287 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data51.48

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 550X Mobile 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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8

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 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 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

Technologies

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

FreeSyncno data+

API support

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

DirectX1112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkanno data1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6970M Crossfire 8.99
+48.8%
RX 550X Mobile 6.04

HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms RX 550X Mobile by 49% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6970M Crossfire 22667
+56.1%
RX 550X Mobile 14520

HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms RX 550X Mobile by 56% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6970M Crossfire 5542
+3.7%
RX 550X Mobile 5345

HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms RX 550X Mobile by 4% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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
+56.7%
60−65
−56.7%
Full HD102
+292%
26
−292%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Battlefield 5 30−33
+57.9%
18−20
−57.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+4.8%
21
−4.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+71.4%
14−16
−71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+60%
20−22
−60%
Hitman 3 21−24
+64.3%
14−16
−64.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Battlefield 5 30−33
+57.9%
18−20
−57.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+22.2%
18
−22.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+71.4%
14−16
−71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+60%
20−22
−60%
Hitman 3 21−24
+64.3%
14−16
−64.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−11.1%
20
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Battlefield 5 30−33
+57.9%
18−20
−57.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+46.7%
15
−46.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+71.4%
14−16
−71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+60%
20−22
−60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+38.5%
13
−38.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Hitman 3 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+77.8%
9−10
−77.8%
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
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
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
+100%
3−4
−100%

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
+500%
1−2
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and RX 550X Mobile compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • HD 6970M Crossfire is 56.7% faster than RX 550X Mobile

1080p resolution:

  • HD 6970M Crossfire is 292% faster than RX 550X Mobile

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6970M Crossfire is 500% faster than the RX 550X Mobile.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 550X Mobile is 11.1% faster than the HD 6970M Crossfire.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6970M Crossfire is ahead in 64 tests (97%)
  • RX 550X Mobile is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.99 6.04
Recency 6 January 2011 10 January 2019
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm

The Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550X Mobile in performance tests.


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