Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

Place in the ranking	34	476
Place by popularity	92	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	63.91	no data
Power efficiency	25.09	no data
Architecture	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	AD106	Blackcomb XT
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 May 2023 (1 year ago)	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	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	4352	1920
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	2535 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	22,900 million	2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	344.8	no data
Floating-point processing power	22.06 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	136	no data
Tensor Cores	136	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	34	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 4.0 x8	no data
Length	240 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-
CUDA	8.9	-

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.

RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB 59.36
+551%

HD 6970M Crossfire 9.12

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.

RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB 43112
+678%

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.

RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB 116054
+412%

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	600−650 +538%	94 −538%
Full HD	174 +72.3%	101 −72.3%
1440p	94 +571%	14−16 −571%
4K	57 +613%	8−9 −613%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.87	no data
1440p	5.31	no data
4K	8.75	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 +459%	21−24 −459%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 +700%	12−14 −700%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +575%	27−30 −575%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +484%	18−20 −484%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +429%	21−24 −429%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 +472%	24−27 −472%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +270%	60−65 −270%
Hitman 3	120−130 +612%	16−18 −612%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +339%	50−55 −339%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +450%	27−30 −450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +364%	24−27 −364%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	230−240 +697%	30−33 −697%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +147%	60−65 −147%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 +459%	21−24 −459%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 +700%	12−14 −700%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +575%	27−30 −575%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +484%	18−20 −484%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +429%	21−24 −429%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 +472%	24−27 −472%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +270%	60−65 −270%
Hitman 3	120−130 +612%	16−18 −612%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +339%	50−55 −339%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +450%	27−30 −450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +364%	24−27 −364%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	272 +807%	30−33 −807%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 +396%	24−27 −396%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +147%	60−65 −147%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 +459%	21−24 −459%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 +700%	12−14 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +484%	18−20 −484%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +429%	21−24 −429%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +270%	60−65 −270%
Hitman 3	120−130 +612%	16−18 −612%
Horizon Zero Dawn	230 +351%	50−55 −351%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	235 +683%	30−33 −683%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	132 +428%	24−27 −428%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +147%	60−65 −147%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120
+364%

24−27

−364%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	120−130 +617%	18−20 −617%
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95 +564%	14−16 −564%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +656%	9−10 −656%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75 +1340%	5−6 −1340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 +678%	9−10 −678%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +590%	10−11 −590%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +595%	35−40 −595%
Hitman 3	80−85 +600%	12−14 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	173 +811%	18−20 −811%
Metro Exodus	119 +815%	12−14 −815%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	153 +1430%	10−11 −1430%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	96 +1100%	8−9 −1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	230−240 +298%	55−60 −298%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−110
+573%

14−16

−573%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +738%	8−9 −738%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +833%	6−7 −833%
Hitman 3	50−55 +900%	5−6 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +495%	35−40 −495%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +1143%	7−8 −1143%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	79 +1217%	6−7 −1217%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +820%	5−6 −820%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +1000%	4−5 −1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +950%	4−5 −950%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +700%	5−6 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +736%	10−12 −736%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80 +1500%	5−6 −1500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +1067%	3−4 −1067%