T1000 vs Radeon HD 6970M

Place in the ranking	661	336
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.57	28.17
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Blackcomb	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 January 2011 (15 years ago)	6 May 2021 (4 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	896
Core clock speed	680 MHz	1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1395 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.64	78.12
Floating-point processing power	1.306 TFLOPS	2.5 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	48	56
L1 Cache	192 KB	896 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	1024 KB

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	156 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	160.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.8
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmarks

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 6970M 5.43

T1000 18.29
+237%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6970M 2270
Samples: 3

T1000 7647
+237%

Samples: 833

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.

HD 6970M 2819

T1000 11793
+318%

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.

HD 6970M 11898

T1000 46318
+289%

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	52 −227%	170−180 +227%
Full HD	51 −7.8%	55 +7.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −304%	100−110 +304%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	21−24 −239%	75−80 +239%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −304%	100−110 +304%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −265%	62 +265%
Fortnite	30−35 −200%	95−100 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −204%	75−80 +204%
Forza Horizon 5	16−18 −269%	55−60 +269%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −238%	70−75 +238%
Valorant	65−70 −118%	140−150 +118%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	21−24 −239%	75−80 +239%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −304%	100−110 +304%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	90−95 −145%	220−230 +145%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Dota 2	45−50 −226%	150−160 +226%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −235%	57 +235%
Fortnite	30−35 −200%	95−100 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −204%	75−80 +204%
Forza Horizon 5	16−18 −269%	55−60 +269%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −305%	77 +305%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −250%	35 +250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −238%	70−75 +238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −327%	64 +327%
Valorant	65−70 −118%	140−150 +118%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	21−24 −239%	75−80 +239%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Dota 2	45−50 −226%	150−160 +226%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −212%	53 +212%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −204%	75−80 +204%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −238%	70−75 +238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −133%	35 +133%
Valorant	65−70 −118%	140−150 +118%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

30−35

−200%

95−100
+200%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −245%	35−40 +245%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	40−45 −221%	130−140 +221%
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −357%	160−170 +357%
Valorant	60−65 −189%	170−180 +189%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −325%	16−18 +325%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −282%	40−45 +282%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −254%	45−50 +254%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −250%	27−30 +250%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

10−12

−291%

40−45
+291%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −113%	30−35 +113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Valorant	27−30 −293%	100−110 +293%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Dota 2	18−20 −216%	60−65 +216%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −300%	30−35 +300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −217%	18−20 +217%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

5−6

−280%

18−20
+280%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra

Counter-Strike 2

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

This is how HD 6970M and T1000 compete in popular games:

T1000 is 227% faster in 900p
T1000 is 8% faster in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the T1000 is 1250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

T1000 performs better in 54 tests (95%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.43	18.29
Recency	4 January 2011	6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt

T1000 has a 237% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The T1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6970M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M is a notebook graphics card while T1000 is a workstation one.