Radeon Pro 570 vs HD 6970M Mac Edition
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 327 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 9.54 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb | Polaris 20 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 25 August 2011 (13 years ago) | 5 June 2017 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 960 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 680 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1105 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 32.64 | 123.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.306 TFLOPS | 3.96 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 112 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 217.0 GB/s |
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 outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 August 2011 | 5 June 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 120 Watt |
HD 6970M Mac Edition has 60% lower power consumption.
Pro 570, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and Radeon Pro 570. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 570 is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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