Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 670

Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 670
1536 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
880MHz
1344 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1084MHz
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32
2.91 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
170W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 3
Architecture
Kepler
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Family
GeForce 600
Codename
Cayman
RV970
Variant
Cayman XT
Codename
NVE4
GK104
Variant
GK104-325-A2
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/15/2010
Release Date
5/10/2012
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
389 mm²
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Die Size
294 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.6 Billion
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Transistor Count
3.5 Billion
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Transistor Density
6.79M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Shading Units
1344 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
96 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
7 SMs
Compute Units
24 CUs
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880MHz
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915MHz Base
1084MHz
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FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32
2.91 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.68 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.12 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
28.16 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
34.688 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
84.48 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
121.408 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
176GB/s
Clock
1502MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
192.3GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
170W
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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1x HDMI 1.3
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
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No Encoders
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Model
NVENC 1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 3.1
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
5
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Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
126 mm (4.96 in)
Width
286 mm (11.26 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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