Radeon HD 6970 X2 vs HD 7470 OEM

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	Caicos	Antilles
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	5 January 2012 (12 years ago)	no data
Current price	$15	no data

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	160	1536
Core clock speed	750 MHz	880 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	375 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.000	84.48
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	no data

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	5.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	176.0 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	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	375 Watt

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