AMD Radeon HD 6950M vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
AMD Radeon HD 6950M ► remove from comparison
The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6950M (or sometimes called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6950) is a high-end graphics card generally used for big and heavy laptops. It is based on the desktop HD 6850 graphics card and therefore features the new UVD3 video processor, increased Tessellation performance and Eyefinity+. The codename of this GPU is Blackcomb Pro and it should have similar power consumption as the GeForce GTX 470M . Compared to the faster HD 6970M , the 6950M's core is clocked slower by at least 100 MHz.
The 960 Stream processors should be still based on the "old" 5D architecture, similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders in the 6950M is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Tessellation performance, however, should be improved (like the desktop 6800 series) with the new cards. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. With the latter two, the cores of the 6950M can also be used for general computations like video transcoding.
The 3D performance is on par with the GeForce GTX 470M in the high end class of notebook graphic cards. For gamers, this means that the Radeon HD 6950M is able to fluently play most modern games (as of 2011) in high detail settings. Only Crysis and Metro 2033 will stutter in the highest detail settings at 1920x1080 resolution (see below).
The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the graphics card.
Furthermore, the HD 6900M series integrates an HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos).
The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (integrated and external). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidia's 3D Vision.
Thanks to Eyefinity , the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 6 monitors simultaneously provided that the notebook itself has enough video-out ports.
The power consumption of the 6950M should be similar to the Nvidia GeForce GTX470M and is therefore only suited for medium to large laptops with good cooling solutions.
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire ► remove from comparison
The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire (or sometimes called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6970 X2) is a combination of two high-end graphics card for big and heavy laptops. Usually, each single card renders a single frame (AFR mode). Therefore, it may suffer from micro stuttering in low fps ranges of 30fps. This happens because of different timespans between two frames (e.g., irregular delays between sequential frames).
The HD 6970M is most likely based on the desktop HD 6850 graphics card. The codename of the mobile core is Blackcomb XT and it should have a similar power consumption as the GeForce GTX 480M . According to the roadmap ,the Blackcomb-based chips should feature the UVD3 video processor and Eyefinity+ support.
AMD Radeon HD 6950M AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon HD 6900M Series Codename Blackcomb Pro Blackcomb XT Architecture Terascale 2 Terascale 2 Pipelines 960 - unified 1920 - unified Core Speed 580 MHz 680 MHz Memory Speed 900 MHz 900 MHz Memory Bus Width 256 Bit 256 Bit Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5 Max. Amount of Memory 2048 MB 2x2048 MB Shared Memory no no API DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 Transistors 1.7 Billion 0 Billion technology 40 nm 40 nm Notebook Size large large Date of Announcement 06.01.2011 06.01.2011 Link to Manufacturer Page www.amd.com www.amd.com
Benchmarks 3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
2643 Points (4%)
min: 5357 avg: 5637 median: 5708 (8%) max: 5773 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
2452 Points (2%)
min: 5525 avg: 5542 median: 5541.5 (5%) max: 5558 Points
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 6950M 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
10122 Points (3%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
min: 18082 avg: 21399 median: 22667 (7%) max: 22698 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon HD 6950M 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
9694 Points (5%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
min: 20126 avg: 20547 median: 20691 (12%) max: 20824 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
49088 Points (26%)
min: 101369 avg: 103854 median: 103854 (54%) max: 106339 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
18466 Points (20%)
min: 29705 avg: 30785 median: 30784.5 (34%) max: 31864 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon HD 6950M
13719 Points (18%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 Eurocom Cougar (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024) 740QM Radeon HD 6950M 580 / 900 MHz 2 GB 4 GB 13719
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
min: 18728 avg: 22759 median: 23318.5 (30%) max: 25671 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 63.9 avg: 65.2 median: 65.2 (12%) max: 66.4 fps
SPECviewperf 11 specvp11 snx-01 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 10.05 avg: 10.2 median: 10.2 (6%) max: 10.33 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 3.45 avg: 4.8 median: 4.8 (3%) max: 6.1 fps
specvp11 sw-02 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 17.51 avg: 20.6 median: 20.6 (16%) max: 23.6 fps
specvp11 proe-05 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 2.33 avg: 2.4 median: 2.4 (3%) max: 2.5 fps
specvp11 maya-03 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 4.03 avg: 7.7 median: 7.7 (6%) max: 11.46 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 26.38 avg: 28.2 median: 28.2 (30%) max: 30.05 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 18.94 avg: 19 median: 19 (9%) max: 18.99 fps
specvp11 catia-03 + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 7.49 avg: 7.7 median: 7.7 (4%) max: 8 fps
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
7.6 Points (96%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
7.6 Points (96%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 9186 avg: 9455 median: 9454.5 (7%) max: 9723 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 66.3 avg: 71.2 median: 71.2 (25%) max: 76.1 fps
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon HD 6950M → 100% n=7 Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire → 204% n=7
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
190.5 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
134.4 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
103.6 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
43.3 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
43.3 [X] Alienware M18x Intel Core i7-2920XM @4.2GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
min:
31 fps, max:
69 fps
~ 43 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
167.2 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
123.7 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
123.3 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
94.8 [X] Alienware M18x Intel Core i7-2920XM @4.2GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
min:
44 fps, max:
190 fps
110.5 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 103 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
621 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
400.2 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
343.1 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
326 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
328 ~ 327 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
95.7 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
87.1 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
89.9 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
86.6 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
90.2 ~ 88 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
329.4 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
114.2 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
99.1 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
82.3 [X] Alienware M18x Intel Core i7-2920XM @4.2GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
min:
62 fps, max:
143 fps
88.6 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 85 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
137 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
121.9 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
94.4 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
35.3 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
35.8 ~ 36 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
199.4 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
194.5 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
163.2 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
93.4 [X] Alienware M18x Intel Core i7-2920XM @4.2GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
min:
71 fps, max:
140 fps
95.5 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 94 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
287 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
167.4 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
160.6 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
118.3 135 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 127 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
165.9 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
134.9 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
123.8 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
97.6 101.2 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 99 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
199.3 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
122.2 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
120.5 127.6 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 124 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
94.1 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
78.3 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
64.9 66.2 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 66 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
195.5 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
163.3 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
142 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
80.3 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
86.1 ~ 83 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
207.1 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
140.9 145.6 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 143 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
279 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
190 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
181.8 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
157.7 160 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 159 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
170.1 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
101.8 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
85.1 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
48 49 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 49 fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
232.7 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
109.5 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
88.3 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
fps
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire:
44.8 46 [X] XMG U700 ULTRA Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
~ 45 fps
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire low med. high ultra QHD 4K Crysis 2 190.5 134.4 103.6 43 Call of Duty: Black Ops 167.2 123.7 123.3 103 Fifa 11 621 400.2 343.1 327 Mafia 2 95.7 87.1 89.9 88 StarCraft 2 329.4 114.2 99.1 85 Metro 2033 137 121.9 94.4 36 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 199.4 194.5 163.2 94 CoD Modern Warfare 2 287 167.4 160.6 127 Risen 165.9 134.9 123.8 99 Resident Evil 5 199.3 122.2 124 Need for Speed Shift 94.1 78.3 66 Colin McRae: DIRT 2 195.5 163.3 142 83 Anno 1404 207.1 143 F.E.A.R. 2 279 190 181.8 159 Crysis - GPU Benchmark 170.1 101.8 85.1 49 Crysis - CPU Benchmark 232.7 109.5 88.3 45 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 14 5 9 7 8 4 7 5
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