Radeon HD 6670 vs HD 8970M Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire with Radeon HD 6670, including specs and performance data.

HD 8970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
18.63
+891%

HD 8970M Crossfire outperforms HD 6670 by a whopping 891% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking297912
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.08
Power efficiency6.381.95
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameNeptune CFTurks
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)19 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores2560480
Core clock speed850 MHzno data
Boost clock speed900 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistorsno data716 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt66 Watt
Texture fill rateno data19.20
Floating-point processing powerno data0.768 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1050 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data64 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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1DirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 8970M Crossfire 18.63
+891%
HD 6670 1.88

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD 8970M Crossfire 10354
+816%
HD 6670 1130

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:

Full HD67
+1017%
6−7
−1017%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data16.50

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+975%
4−5
−975%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+950%
6−7
−950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1025%
4−5
−1025%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+920%
5−6
−920%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+892%
12−14
−892%
Hitman 3 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+933%
9−10
−933%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+1000%
6−7
−1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+920%
5−6
−920%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+950%
6−7
−950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+1013%
8−9
−1013%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+975%
4−5
−975%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+950%
6−7
−950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1025%
4−5
−1025%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+920%
5−6
−920%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+892%
12−14
−892%
Hitman 3 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+933%
9−10
−933%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+1000%
6−7
−1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+920%
5−6
−920%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+950%
6−7
−950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+975%
4−5
−975%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+1013%
8−9
−1013%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+975%
4−5
−975%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1025%
4−5
−1025%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+892%
12−14
−892%
Hitman 3 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+933%
9−10
−933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+950%
6−7
−950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+975%
4−5
−975%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+1013%
8−9
−1013%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+920%
5−6
−920%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+1350%
2−3
−1350%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+950%
10−11
−950%
Hitman 3 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1067%
3−4
−1067%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+1040%
10−11
−1040%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Hitman 3 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+989%
9−10
−989%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%

This is how HD 8970M Crossfire and HD 6670 compete in popular games:

  • HD 8970M Crossfire is 1017% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.63 1.88
Recency 1 May 2012 19 April 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 66 Watt

HD 8970M Crossfire has a 891% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6670, on the other hand, has 203% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6670 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6670 is a desktop one.


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