HD 6970M vs R7 250X

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Combined performance score

R7 250X
5.85

General info

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

Place in performance ranking556555
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.601.90
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameCape VerdeBlackcomb XT
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years old)6 January 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 no data
Current price$207 (2.1x MSRP)$257
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6970M has 217% better value for money than R7 250X.

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 cores640960
Core clock speedno data680 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt75-100 Watt
Texture fill rate38.0032.64
Floating-point performance1,216 gflops1,305.6 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 250X and Radeon HD 6970M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s115.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort support-no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
DDMA audio+no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle-no data

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.

R7 250X 5.85
HD 6970M 5.86
+0.2%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R7 250X 2268
HD 6970M 2270
+0.1%

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:

900p50−55
−4%
52
+4%
Full HD50−55
−2%
51
+2%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.85 5.86
Recency 13 February 2014 6 January 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 75 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 250X and Radeon HD 6970M. The differences in performance seem too small.

Be aware that Radeon R7 250X is a desktop card while Radeon HD 6970M is a notebook 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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