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Radeon HD 6950 2GB vs Radeon HD 6970
IntroThe Radeon HD 6950 2GB features a core clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1250 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6970, which features a GPU core clock speed of 880 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1375 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1536 Stream Processors, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthAs far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 6970 should theoretically be a small bit better than the Radeon HD 6950 2GB overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 6970 is a little bit (approximately 20%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 6950 2GB. (explain)
Pixel RateIf running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6970 is the winner, not by a very large margin though. (explain)
Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit. Price Comparison
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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5 Responses to “Radeon HD 6950 2GB vs Radeon HD 6970”Could you compare HD6950 2GB with HD6970 mod to the factory HD6970?
JD it would be the same.
If the 6950 was flashed bios to 6970 will it give the same fps and same performance ?
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@swiftymicvey .. No it won't perform as good as a stock 6970, as its behind on the TMU's, core & memory clocks. Unless any of the folk talking up the 6950 can magically bump the TMU's and simultaneously bump the core & memory on a 6950 to the same level, it will still be behind overall in benchmarks and in real-time, 3D gaming performance. No amount of wishful thinking will change that.