Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs RX 580

Place in the ranking	244	478
Place by popularity	1	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.61	no data
Power efficiency	8.51	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	Blackcomb XT
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

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 cores	2304	1920
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	193.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	6.175 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	144	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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

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	8 GB	2x2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

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.

RX 580 22.97
+151%

HD 6970M Crossfire 9.14

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.

RX 580 19274
+248%

HD 6970M Crossfire 5542

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.

RX 580 44344
+95.6%

HD 6970M Crossfire 22667

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	230−240 +145%	94 −145%
Full HD	97 −4.1%	101 +4.1%
1440p	40 +186%	14−16 −186%
4K	35 +192%	12−14 −192%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.36	no data
1440p	5.73	no data
4K	6.54	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40
+164%

14−16

−164%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	58 +164%	21−24 −164%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +200%	12−14 −200%
Battlefield 5	138 +393%	27−30 −393%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +147%	18−20 −147%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +164%	14−16 −164%
Far Cry 5	83 +295%	21−24 −295%
Far Cry New Dawn	83 +232%	24−27 −232%
Forza Horizon 4	294 +382%	60−65 −382%
Hitman 3	45−50 +171%	16−18 −171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +112%	50−55 −112%
Metro Exodus	111 +296%	27−30 −296%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +140%	24−27 −140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	122 +307%	30−33 −307%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +65%	60−65 −65%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	101 +359%	21−24 −359%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +200%	12−14 −200%
Battlefield 5	113 +304%	27−30 −304%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +147%	18−20 −147%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +164%	14−16 −164%
Far Cry 5	69 +229%	21−24 −229%
Far Cry New Dawn	64 +156%	24−27 −156%
Forza Horizon 4	270 +343%	60−65 −343%
Hitman 3	45−50 +171%	16−18 −171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +112%	50−55 −112%
Metro Exodus	87 +211%	27−30 −211%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +140%	24−27 −140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 +157%	30−33 −157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +100%	24−27 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +65%	60−65 −65%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	34 +54.5%	21−24 −54.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +200%	12−14 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +147%	18−20 −147%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +164%	14−16 −164%
Far Cry 5	49 +133%	21−24 −133%
Forza Horizon 4	82 +34.4%	60−65 −34.4%
Hitman 3	45−50 +171%	16−18 −171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +112%	50−55 −112%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 +157%	30−33 −157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +76%	24−27 −76%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +65%	60−65 −65%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65
+140%

24−27

−140%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +144%	18−20 −144%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +150%	14−16 −150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +167%	9−10 −167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +340%	5−6 −340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +189%	9−10 −189%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +160%	10−11 −160%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +233%	35−40 −233%
Hitman 3	27−30 +125%	12−14 −125%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +147%	18−20 −147%
Metro Exodus	53 +308%	12−14 −308%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +390%	10−11 −390%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +250%	8−9 −250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 +128%	55−60 −128%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40
+153%

14−16

−153%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	37 +363%	8−9 −363%
Far Cry New Dawn	22 +267%	6−7 −267%
Hitman 3	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +222%	35−40 −222%
Metro Exodus	33 +371%	7−8 −371%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27 +350%	6−7 −350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18 +260%	5−6 −260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +200%	4−5 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	16 +220%	5−6 −220%
Forza Horizon 4	41 +273%	10−12 −273%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +440%	5−6 −440%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%