RTX A400 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire with RTX A400, including specs and performance data.

HD 6970M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
9.12

RTX A400 outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking476417
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.71
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTGA107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year 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 cores1920768
Core clock speed680 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1762 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data42.29
Floating-point processing powerno data2.706 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data24
Tensor Coresno data24
Ray Tracing Coresno data6

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data163 mm
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 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 data4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

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:

900p94
−17%
110−120
+17%
Full HD101
−18.8%
120−130
+18.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−22.7%
27−30
+22.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−14.3%
24−27
+14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−23%
75−80
+23%
Hitman 3 16−18
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−17.6%
60−65
+17.6%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−16.7%
35−40
+16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−16.7%
70−75
+16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−22.7%
27−30
+22.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−14.3%
24−27
+14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−23%
75−80
+23%
Hitman 3 16−18
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−17.6%
60−65
+17.6%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−16.7%
35−40
+16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−16.7%
70−75
+16.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−22.7%
27−30
+22.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−14.3%
24−27
+14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−23%
75−80
+23%
Hitman 3 16−18
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−17.6%
60−65
+17.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−16.7%
35−40
+16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−16.7%
70−75
+16.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−15.4%
45−50
+15.4%
Hitman 3 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−20.7%
70−75
+20.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Hitman 3 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−21.6%
45−50
+21.6%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and RTX A400 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A400 is 17% faster in 900p
  • RTX A400 is 19% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.12 11.27
Recency 6 January 2011 16 April 2024
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm

RTX A400 has a 23.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a notebook card while RTX A400 is a workstation one.


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