Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs HD 6970M Crossfire

Place in the ranking	486	7
Place by popularity	not in top-100	51
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	34.26
Power efficiency	no data	15.65
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XT	Navi 31
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (14 years ago)	3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999

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	1920	6144
Core clock speed	680 MHz	1929 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2498 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	355 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	959.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	61.39 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	192
TMUs	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	96

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	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	287 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	960.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.2
Vulkan	-	1.3

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.

HD 6970M Crossfire 9.01

RX 7900 XTX 80.72
+796%

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.

HD 6970M Crossfire 5542

RX 7900 XTX 83322
+1404%

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.

HD 6970M Crossfire 22667

RX 7900 XTX 148746
+556%

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	94 −751%	800−850 +751%
Full HD	98 −151%	246 +151%
1440p	18−20 −811%	164 +811%
4K	10−12 −940%	104 +940%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	4.06
1440p	no data	6.09
4K	no data	9.61

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −1159%	214 +1159%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −1244%	242 +1244%
Elden Ring	24−27 −800%	225 +800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −303%	110−120 +303%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −1318%	241 +1318%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −544%	116 +544%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −1578%	604 +1578%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −604%	169 +604%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −529%	150−160 +529%
Valorant	30−35 −1366%	450−500 +1366%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −303%	110−120 +303%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −1194%	220 +1194%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −478%	104 +478%
Dota 2	30−35 −472%	183 +472%
Elden Ring	24−27 −1176%	300−350 +1176%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −224%	123 +224%
Fortnite	50−55 −481%	300−350 +481%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −1386%	535 +1386%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −447%	175 +447%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −633%	176 +633%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −203%	210−220 +203%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −529%	150−160 +529%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −544%	170−180 +544%
Valorant	30−35 −1366%	450−500 +1366%
World of Tanks	130−140 −110%	270−280 +110%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −303%	110−120 +303%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −1082%	201 +1082%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −456%	100 +456%
Dota 2	30−35 −456%	178 +456%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −300%	150−160 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −1208%	471 +1208%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −203%	210−220 +203%
Valorant	30−35 −1366%	450−500 +1366%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10−12 −1400%	165 +1400%
Elden Ring	12−14 −1825%	230−240 +1825%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−12 −1400%	165 +1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −298%	170−180 +298%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1063%	90−95 +1063%
World of Tanks	65−70 −694%	500−550 +694%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −412%	85−90 +412%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1350%	145 +1350%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −914%	71 +914%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −742%	160−170 +742%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1795%	360 +1795%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −813%	146 +813%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −2064%	238 +2064%
Valorant	21−24 −1600%	350−400 +1600%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −2133%	67 +2133%
Dota 2	18−20 −879%	186 +879%
Elden Ring	5−6 −2460%	120−130 +2460%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −879%	186 +879%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −2600%	108 +2600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −704%	200−210 +704%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −967%	60−65 +967%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −879%	186 +879%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1038%	90−95 +1038%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −1333%	43 +1333%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1700%	36 +1700%
Dota 2	18−20 −737%	159 +737%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −855%	100−110 +855%
Fortnite	9−10 −967%	95−100 +967%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −1691%	197 +1691%
Valorant	9−10 −2444%	220−230 +2444%