Radeon RX 7900 XT vs HD 6970M Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	456	13
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.95	24.95
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Blackcomb XT	Navi 31 XT
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$899
Current price	$170	$884 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XT has 259% 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	5376
Core clock speed	680 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	315 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	804.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 7900 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	276 mm
Width	no data	2-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	20 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	800.0 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 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 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	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	no data	1.3

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 8.87

RX 7900 XT 74.39
+739%

RX 7900 XT outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by 739% based on our aggregated 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

RX 7900 XT 142489
+529%

RX 7900 XT outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by 529% 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

RX 7900 XT 75896
+1270%

RX 7900 XT outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by 1270% 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 −698%	750−800 +698%
Full HD	102 −108%	212 +108%
1440p	16−18 −806%	145 +806%
4K	10−12 −830%	93 +830%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−1593%

237
+1593%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −528%	110−120 +528%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −915%	130−140 +915%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −447%	160−170 +447%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −638%	170−180 +638%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −1414%	212 +1414%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −791%	196 +791%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −609%	163 +609%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −574%	200−210 +574%
Hitman 3	21−24 −873%	210−220 +873%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −806%	160−170 +806%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −733%	120−130 +733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −1537%	311 +1537%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −720%	120−130 +720%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −528%	110−120 +528%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −915%	130−140 +915%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −447%	160−170 +447%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −638%	170−180 +638%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −1257%	190 +1257%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −750%	187 +750%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −583%	157 +583%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −574%	200−210 +574%
Hitman 3	21−24 −873%	210−220 +873%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −806%	160−170 +806%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −1023%	146 +1023%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −733%	120−130 +733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −1453%	295 +1453%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −2583%	483 +2583%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −720%	120−130 +720%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −528%	110−120 +528%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −915%	130−140 +915%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −447%	160−170 +447%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −1179%	179 +1179%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −686%	173 +686%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −517%	142 +517%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −574%	200−210 +574%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −1372%	265 +1372%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −720%	120−130 +720%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −946%	130−140 +946%
Hitman 3	14−16 −1100%	160−170 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −814%	120−130 +814%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −1829%	135 +1829%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −1133%	70−75 +1133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1592%	203 +1592%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −950%	80−85 +950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −985%	140−150 +985%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2950%	122 +2950%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −1136%	173 +1136%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −907%	141 +907%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1093%	170−180 +1093%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −1663%	140−150 +1663%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −1950%	80−85 +1950%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1317%	85−90 +1317%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1138%	95−100 +1138%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −975%	85−90 +975%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −2800%	87 +2800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −880%	45−50 +880%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2650%	110 +2650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −2550%	159 +2550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1100%	60−65 +1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1550%	95−100 +1550%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5900%	60 +5900%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1786%	132 +1786%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −1190%	129 +1190%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −1230%	130−140 +1230%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −2300%	45−50 +2300%