Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition vs UHD Graphics 630

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking761not rated
Place by popularity31not in top-100
Power efficiency14.12no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameComet Lake GT2Blackcomb
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 October 2017 (7 years ago)25 August 2011 (13 years ago)

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 cores184960
Core clock speed350 MHz680 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+++40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate26.4532.64
Floating-point processing power0.4232 TFLOPS1.306 TFLOPS
ROPs332
TMUs2348

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x1MXM-B (3.0)
WidthIGPno data
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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data115.2 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 outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.1.103N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2017 25 August 2011
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt

UHD Graphics 630 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 630 and Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 630 is a desktop card while Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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Intel UHD Graphics 630
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