AMD Ellesmere
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
AMD Ellesmere
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
281
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Terascale 2
Ellesmere
Code name
Blackcomb XT
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$49
Price now
$170
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Value for money
9.03
Ellesmere
GPU code name
Blackcomb XT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
1920
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Core clock speed
680 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
2x1700 Million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
5,700 million
Number of transistors
2x1700 Million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

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Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2x2 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
900 MHz
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Shared memory
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Ellesmere or AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
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5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Ellesmere

Cheaper ($49 vs $170)

More pipelines (2304 vs 1920)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

18.48% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Ellesmere or AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire .

AMD Ellesmere versus AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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