GeForce Go 6150 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and GeForce Go 6150, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6970M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
9.15
+18200%

HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms Go 6150 by a whopping 18200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4781476
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)no data
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTC51MV
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 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 cores19203
Core clock speed680 MHz1 MHz
Boost clock speedno data425 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm

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 sizelargeno 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 typeGDDR5shared Memory
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Shared memory-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11shared Memory

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:

900p940−1
Full HD1010−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Battlefield 5 27−30 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 60−65 0−1
Hitman 3 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+538%
8−9
−538%
Metro Exodus 27−30 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+114%
27−30
−114%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Battlefield 5 27−30 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 60−65 0−1
Hitman 3 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+538%
8−9
−538%
Metro Exodus 27−30 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+178%
9−10
−178%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+114%
27−30
−114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 60−65 0−1
Hitman 3 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+538%
8−9
−538%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+178%
9−10
−178%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+114%
27−30
−114%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 35−40 0−1
Hitman 3 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Metro Exodus 12−14 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40 0−1
Metro Exodus 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 6970M Crossfire is 850% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 6970M Crossfire surpassed Go 6150 in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.15 0.05
Recency 6 January 2011 1 February 2006
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm

HD 6970M Crossfire has a 18200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 6150 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
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