Radeon HD 6970M vs HD 6990M

Place in performance ranking	578	556
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.04	1.92
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XTX	Blackcomb XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 July 2011 (12 years old)	6 January 2011 (13 years old)
Current price	$190	$257

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6990M has 6% better value for money than HD 6970M.

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 cores	1120	960
Core clock speed	715 MHz	680 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	75-100 Watt
Texture fill rate	40.04	32.64
Floating-point performance	1,601.6 gflops	1,305.6 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6990M and Radeon HD 6970M 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 size	large	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	115.2 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 Connectors

No outputs

API support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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 6990M 5.23

HD 6970M 5.86
+12%

HD 6970M outperforms HD 6990M by 12% 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 6990M 15113
+27%

HD 6970M 11898

HD 6990M outperforms HD 6970M by 27% 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 6990M 3227
+14.5%

HD 6970M 2819

HD 6990M outperforms HD 6970M by 14% 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	54 +3.8%	52 −3.8%
Full HD	60 +17.6%	51 −17.6%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

−11.1%

10−11
+11.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −11.8%	18−20 +11.8%
Hitman 3	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −11.8%	18−20 +11.8%
Hitman 3	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −11.8%	18−20 +11.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2