Radeon RX 6700 vs HD 6970M Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire with Radeon RX 6700, including specs and performance data.

HD 6970M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
9.12

RX 6700 outperforms HD 6970M Crossfire by a whopping 449% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking47258
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.87
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTNavi 22
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years ago)9 June 2021 (3 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 cores19202304
Core clock speed680 MHz1941 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2450 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data175 Watt
Texture fill rateno data352.8
Floating-point processing powerno data11.29 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data320.0 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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

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
−432%
500−550
+432%
Full HD98
−410%
500−550
+410%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−436%
75−80
+436%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−445%
120−130
+445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−438%
70−75
+438%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−436%
150−160
+436%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−426%
100−105
+426%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−436%
75−80
+436%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−424%
110−120
+424%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−420%
130−140
+420%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−392%
300−310
+392%
Hitman 3 16−18
−429%
90−95
+429%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−429%
270−280
+429%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−436%
150−160
+436%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−420%
130−140
+420%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−433%
160−170
+433%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−400%
300−310
+400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−445%
120−130
+445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−438%
70−75
+438%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−436%
150−160
+436%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−426%
100−105
+426%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−436%
75−80
+436%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−424%
110−120
+424%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−420%
130−140
+420%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−392%
300−310
+392%
Hitman 3 16−18
−429%
90−95
+429%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−429%
270−280
+429%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−436%
150−160
+436%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−420%
130−140
+420%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−433%
160−170
+433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−420%
130−140
+420%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−400%
300−310
+400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−445%
120−130
+445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−438%
70−75
+438%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−426%
100−105
+426%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−436%
75−80
+436%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−424%
110−120
+424%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−392%
300−310
+392%
Hitman 3 16−18
−429%
90−95
+429%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−429%
270−280
+429%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−433%
160−170
+433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−420%
130−140
+420%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−400%
300−310
+400%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−420%
130−140
+420%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−428%
95−100
+428%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−436%
75−80
+436%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−400%
45−50
+400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−400%
45−50
+400%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−400%
50−55
+400%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−438%
210−220
+438%
Hitman 3 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−426%
100−105
+426%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−438%
70−75
+438%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−400%
50−55
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−400%
40−45
+400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−417%
300−310
+417%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−433%
80−85
+433%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−400%
40−45
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
Hitman 3 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−441%
200−210
+441%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−400%
45−50
+400%

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and RX 6700 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6700 is 432% faster in 900p
  • RX 6700 is 410% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.12 50.07
Recency 6 January 2011 9 June 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm

RX 6700 has a 449% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6700 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 Radeon RX 6700 is a desktop one.


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