AMD Radeon HD 6970M
VS
AMD Radeon 540
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
VS
AMD Radeon 540

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6970M and AMD Radeon 540. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

442
Place in performance rating
583
12.02
Value for money (0-100)
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Terascale 2
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Blackcomb
Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Desktop
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
26 March 2019 (2 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$257
Price now
$1176 (14.9x MSRP)
1.57
Value for money
1.18
Blackcomb XT
GPU code name
Lexa
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6970M and AMD Radeon 540 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
512
680 MHz
Core clock speed
1100 MHz
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Boost Clock
1124 MHz
1,700 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
32.64
Texture fill rate
35.97
1,305.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
1,700 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6970M and AMD Radeon 540.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Length
145 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
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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 Radeon HD 6970M and AMD Radeon 540 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
56 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6970M and AMD Radeon 540, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6970M and AMD Radeon 540. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6970M and AMD Radeon 540 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 Radeon HD 6970M or AMD Radeon 540 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M
AMD Radeon 540
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M
AMD Radeon 540
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M
AMD Radeon 540
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M
AMD Radeon 540
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M
AMD Radeon 540
Legend
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 Radeon HD 6970M

4.14% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($257 vs $1176 (14.9x MSRP))

More pipelines (960 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s vs 56 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 75 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6970M or AMD Radeon 540?

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

AMD Radeon HD 6970M versus AMD Radeon 540 performance benchmarks comparison

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