Radeon Vega 7 vs HD 6970M

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6970M with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

HD 6970M
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
5.88

Vega 7 outperforms HD 6970M by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking588529
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Power efficiency5.4211.46
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameBlackcombCezanne
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)13 April 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 cores960448
Core clock speed680 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate32.6453.20
Floating-point processing power1.306 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs4828

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/sno data
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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1
VulkanN/A1.2

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 5.88
Vega 7 7.46
+26.9%

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 2819
Vega 7 5249
+86.2%

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:

900p52
−25%
65−70
+25%
Full HD50
+117%
23
−117%
1440p27−30
−33.3%
36
+33.3%
4K14−16
−42.9%
20
+42.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−18.4%
45−50
+18.4%
Hitman 3 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−25%
45−50
+25%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−20%
24−27
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−22.4%
60−65
+22.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−18.4%
45−50
+18.4%
Hitman 3 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−25%
45−50
+25%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−20%
24−27
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−22.4%
60−65
+22.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−18.4%
45−50
+18.4%
Hitman 3 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−25%
45−50
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−20%
24−27
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−22.4%
60−65
+22.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%
Hitman 3 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−21.6%
45−50
+21.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

This is how HD 6970M and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • Vega 7 is 25% faster in 900p
  • HD 6970M is 117% faster in 1080p
  • Vega 7 is 33% faster in 1440p
  • Vega 7 is 43% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.88 7.46
Recency 4 January 2011 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 45 Watt

Vega 7 has a 26.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6970M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M is a notebook card while Radeon Vega 7 is a desktop one.


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