AMD Radeon R5 M230
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970
AMD Radeon R5 M230
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 6970. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

920
Place in performance rating
386
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Value for money (0-100)
56.19
GCN
Architecture
Terascale 2
Jet
Code name
Cayman
Laptop
Type
Desktop
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
14 December 2010 (10 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$369
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Price now
$217 (0.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
3.34
Jet / Sun
GPU code name
Cayman
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

320
Pipelines
1536
855 MHz
Core clock speed
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855 MHz
Boost Clock
880 MHz
690 million
Transistor count
2,640 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
550 Watt
17.10
Texture fill rate
84.48
547.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,703.4 gflops
5
Compute units
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320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
855 MHz
Boost clock speed
880 MHz
690 million
Number of transistors
2,640 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
550 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 6970.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
267 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x16

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 R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1375 MHz
16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 6970, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 is the additional functionality.

+
AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
+
HD3D
-
+
PowerTune
-
-
TrueAudio
-
+
ZeroCore
-
-
Enduro
-
1
DualGraphics
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1
Switchable graphics
no data
+
PowerPlay
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 6970. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.4
OpenGL
4.4
5.1
Shader Model
5.0
Not Listed
OpenCL
1.2
+
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R5 M230 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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 R5 M230 or AMD Radeon HD 6970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon HD 6970
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon HD 6970
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon HD 6970
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon HD 6970
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon HD 6970
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 R5 M230

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6970

11.92% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 320)

So, AMD Radeon R5 M230 or AMD Radeon HD 6970?

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

AMD Radeon R5 M230 versus AMD Radeon HD 6970 performance benchmarks comparison

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