Radeon HD 7950M vs Radeon HD 6970M Mac+

Radeon HD 7950M
Radeon HD 6970M Mac+
1280 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
700MHz
960 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
680MHz
FP32
1.79 TFLOPS
FP32
1.31 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
MXM-B
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Form Factor
MXM-B
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TDP
75W
TDP
75W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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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
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 1
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Family
Radeon HD 7000
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Wimbledon XT
Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Blackcomb XT
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
4/24/2012
Release Date
1/4/2011
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
212 mm²
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Die Size
255 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
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Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
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Form
MXM-B
Form
MXM-B
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
960 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Compute Units
20 CUs
Compute Units
12 CUs
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700MHz
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680MHz
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FP32
1.79 TFLOPS
FP32
1.31 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.11 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
22.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
21.76 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
56 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
32.64 GTexel/s
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16KB/CU
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L1
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8KB/CU
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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
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
128GB/s
Clock
900MHz
Transfer Rate
3.6GT/s
Bandwidth
115.2GB/s
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TDP
75W
TDP
75W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
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Model
VCE 1.0
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 4.0
Model
UVD 3.0
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
12
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
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