Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) vs HD 6970M Crossfire

Place in the ranking	476	658
Place by popularity	not in top-100	30
Power efficiency	no data	20.92
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XT	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	26 October 2017 (7 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 cores	1920	512
Core clock speed	680 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt

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

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

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 9.12
+103%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 4.50

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
+55.8%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 3557

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
+120%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 10294

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 +109%	45−50 −109%
Full HD	101 +494%	17 −494%
4K	18−21 +80%	10 −80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16
+55.6%

−55.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +46.7%	15 −46.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +30%	10 −30%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +55.6%	18 −55.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +90%	10 −90%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +55.6%	9 −55.6%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +16.7%	18 −16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +38.9%	18 −38.9%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +5.2%	58 −5.2%
Hitman 3	16−18 +88.9%	9 −88.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +70%	30−33 −70%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +27.3%	22 −27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +56.3%	16 −56.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 +57.9%	19 −57.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −8.3%	65 +8.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −36.4%	30 +36.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +155%	10−12 −155%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +90%	10 −90%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +133%	6 −133%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +110%	10 −110%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +92.3%	13 −92.3%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +17.3%	52 −17.3%
Hitman 3	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +70%	30−33 −70%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +64.7%	17 −64.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +150%	10 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 +87.5%	16 −87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −24%	31 +24%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +9.1%	55 −9.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +175%	8 −175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +171%	7 −171%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +180%	5 −180%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +200%	7 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +165%	23 −165%
Hitman 3	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +240%	15 −240%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 +114%	14 −114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +213%	8 −213%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +33.3%	45−50 −33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27
+150%

−150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +125%	8−9 −125%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +100%	7−8 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +388%	8−9 −388%
Hitman 3	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +107%	27−30 −107%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+87.5%

8−9

−87.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +1133%	3−4 −1133%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +25%	4 −25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +22.2%	9 −22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+80%

5−6

−80%

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) compete in popular games:

HD 6970M Crossfire is 109% faster in 900p
HD 6970M Crossfire is 494% faster in 1080p
HD 6970M Crossfire is 80% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6970M Crossfire is 1200% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 36% faster.

All in all, in popular games: