Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
Radeon HD 6970
100%
Radeon R7 265
115%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6970
100%
Radeon R7 265
124%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6970 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends 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).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman XT) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 880 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
Radeon HD 6970
28.20 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
84.50 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
176.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
2703.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
6000
Radeon R7 265
6900
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6970
33
Radeon R7 265
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 6970
38
Radeon R7 265
46
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6970
23
Radeon R7 265
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6970
31
Radeon R7 265
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 6970
24
Radeon R7 265
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 6970
24
Radeon R7 265
29
FPS (higher is better)