Radeon RX 6900 XT vs HD 6970M Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	448	18
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.56	21.68
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XT	Navi 21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	8 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999
Current price	$170	$957 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6900 XT has 187% 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	5120
Core clock speed	680 MHz	1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2250 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	720.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 6900 XT 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	267 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-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	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

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	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	no data	1.2

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 9.10

RX 6900 XT 69.50
+664%

RX 6900 XT outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by 664% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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

RX 6900 XT 59119
+967%

RX 6900 XT outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by 967% 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:

900p	94 −645%	700−750 +645%
Full HD	96 −110%	202 +110%
1440p	16−18 −756%	137 +756%
4K	10−12 −760%	86 +760%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14	no data
Battlefield 5	27−30	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Hitman 3	16−18	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	27−30	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14	no data
Battlefield 5	27−30	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Hitman 3	16−18	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	27−30	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	no data
Far Cry 5	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	16−18	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Metro Exodus	12−14	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7	no data
Hitman 3	5−6	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	5−6	no data
Forza Horizon 4	10−12	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10	no data
Metro Exodus	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	no data