Radeon HD 6970 X2 vs RX Vega 11

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking679not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.00no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameRavenAntilles
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 May 2018 (7 years ago)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 cores7041536
Core clock speed300 MHz880 MHz
Boost clock speed1251 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,940 million2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate55.0484.48
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPSno data
ROPs832
TMUs4496

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone3x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared5.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data176.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsMotherboard Dependent2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)5.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.3N/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 375 Watt

RX Vega 11 has a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 971.4% lower power consumption.

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