Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon R7 265
AMD
Radeon HD 6970
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 14 Dec 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 265
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 6970100%
- Radeon R7 265115%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 6970100%
- Radeon R7 265124%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6970
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 265
- 24% higher gaming performance.
- 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6970 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R7 265
The Radeon R7 265 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman XT) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 24 | 16 |
| Core clock | 880 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6970 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 697028.20 GP/s
- Radeon R7 26529.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 697084.50 GT/s
- Radeon R7 26559.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 6970176.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 265179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 69702703.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 2651894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 69706000
- Radeon R7 2656900
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- Radeon HD 697033
- Radeon R7 26544
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- Radeon HD 697038
- Radeon R7 26546
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- Radeon HD 697023
- Radeon R7 26527
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 697031
- Radeon R7 26539
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- Radeon HD 697024
- Radeon R7 26531
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- Radeon HD 697024
- Radeon R7 26529
FPS (higher is better)