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AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon HD 6970 based on its benchmarks.
See full details Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 660 |
Released December, 2010
AMD Radeon HD 6970
- 880 MHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
6.5 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (Apr, 2011)Recently we have seen an influx of new custom designs from many AIBs that build on the foundation laid out by the HD 6970 reference version but improve on points like overclocking, features or cooling.
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Released August, 2012
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
- 823 MHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
6.8 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)The game graphics are, even today, top notch, yet the game still runs well on most computers.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 6970 vs 660 among Desktop GPUs
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| 6.8 | Overall Score |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 24,035 | vs | 6,850 | More than 3.5x better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
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| Significantly better 3DMark06 score | 24,035 | vs | 18,060 | Around 35% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Better floating-point performance | 2,703 GFLOPS | vs | 1,896.2 GFLOPS | Around 45% better floating-point performance | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 28.16 GPixel/s | vs | 19.75 GPixel/s | Around 45% higher pixel rate | |||
| More shading units | 1,536 | vs | 1,152 | 384 more shading units | |||
| Higher battlefield 3 framerate | 57 | vs | 50 | Around 15% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
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| Slightly better PassMark score | 4,121 | vs | 3,493 | Around 20% better PassMark score | |||
| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 25,130 | vs | 22,250 | Around 15% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Better fire strike factor score | 44.27 | vs | 37.18 | Around 20% better fire strike factor score | |||
| Better PassMark direct compute score | 1,948 | vs | 1,399 | Around 40% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
| Significantly lower TDP | 130W | vs | 250W | Around 50% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 660
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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