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| | Radeon R9 280X vs HD 6970 |
Released October, 2013
Generic Radeon R9 280X
- 850 MHz
- 3 GB GDDR5
by techPowerUp!One memory chip remains uncooled, but its position is covered by the airflow the cooling assembly produces.
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Released December, 2010
AMD Radeon HD 6970
- 880 MHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
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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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 36,241 | vs | 22,250 | Around 65% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
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| More memory | 3,072 MB | vs | 2,048 MB | 50% more memory | |||
| Better 3DMark06 score | 28,452 | vs | 24,035 | Around 20% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Better floating-point performance | 3,482 GFLOPS | vs | 2,703 GFLOPS | Around 30% better floating-point performance | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 6,000 MHz | vs | 5,500 MHz | Around 10% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Significantly higher battlefield 3 framerate | 106.5 fps | vs | 55.1 fps | Around 95% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| More shading units | 2,048 | vs | 1,536 | 512 more shading units | |||
| More texture mapping units | 128 | vs | 96 | 32 more texture mapping units | |||
| Wider memory bus | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit | 50% wider memory bus | |||
| More compute units | 32 | vs | 24 | 8 more compute units | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,500 MHz | vs | 1,375 MHz | Around 10% higher memory clock speed | |||
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| Significantly better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 24,035 | vs | 10,792 | Around 2.2x better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 280X vs HD 6970
3DMark 11 Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 11 GPU performance
Radeon R9 280X
10,792
Radeon HD 6970
24,035
3DMark Vantage Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 10 GPU performance
Radeon R9 280X
36,241
Radeon HD 6970
22,250
3DMark06 Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 9 GPU performance
Radeon R9 280X
28,452
Radeon HD 6970
24,035
Reviews Word on the street
| Radeon R9 280X | vs | HD 6970 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.2 | Radeon R9 280X | |
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