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AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon HD 6970 based on its benchmarks.
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GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 6970 vs 660 among Desktop GPUs
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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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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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
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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 | |||
| Significantly better manhattan score | 12,983.16 | vs | 3,706.33 | More than 3.5x better manhattan score | |||
| Better fire strike factor score | 44.27 | vs | 37.18 | Around 20% better fire strike factor score | |||
| Better face detection score | 30.41 mPixels/s | vs | 18.68 mPixels/s | Around 65% better face detection 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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