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AMD Radeon HD 6970

250 W · Launched Aug 2012

GPU overall vs rivals

GeForce RTX 4060 (ref)GeForce GTX 770MRadeon HD 6970 ◂GeForce GTX 560Radeon HD 8950Iris Pro P580GeForce GTX 465010203040507.47.47.47.37.350.07.5AMD Radeon HD 6970 This chip Desktop GPU Index 7.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Nearest competitor Desktop GPU Index 7.4 1.00× Radeon HD 6970AMD Radeon HD 8950 Just above in its segment Desktop GPU Index 7.4 1.00× Radeon HD 6970Intel Iris Pro P580 Nearest competitor Desktop GPU Index 7.3 0.99× Radeon HD 6970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 Nearest competitor Desktop GPU Index 7.3 0.99× Radeon HD 6970NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Reference chip Desktop GPU Index 50.0 6.76× Radeon HD 6970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M Nearest laptop chip Laptop GPU Index 7.5 1.01× Radeon HD 6970
GeForce RTX 4060 (…GeForce GTX 770MRadeon HD 6970 ◂GeForce GTX 560Radeon HD 8950Iris Pro P580GeForce GTX 465010203040507.47.47.47.37.350.07.5AMD Radeon HD 6970 This chip Desktop GPU Index 7.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Nearest competitor Desktop GPU Index 7.4 1.00× Radeon HD 6970AMD Radeon HD 8950 Just above in its segment Desktop GPU Index 7.4 1.00× Radeon HD 6970Intel Iris Pro P580 Nearest competitor Desktop GPU Index 7.3 0.99× Radeon HD 6970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 Nearest competitor Desktop GPU Index 7.3 0.99× Radeon HD 6970NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Reference chip Desktop GPU Index 50.0 6.76× Radeon HD 6970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M Nearest laptop chip Laptop GPU Index 7.5 1.01× Radeon HD 6970
GPU overall
7.4
0.15× refest.
GPU raster
7.2
0.14× reflow conf.
TDP
250 W
GPU overall per watt
0.03

GPU raster, by benchmark

PassMark G3D Mark010203040507.2PassMark G3D Mark Index 7.2 Median 2,829 points Source average of 2222 results, fetched 6 Nov 2026 PassMark
PassMark G3D Mark010203040507.2PassMark G3D Mark Index 7.2 Median 2,829 points Source average of 2222 results, fetched 6 Nov 2026 PassMark
Results table
BenchmarkVersionMedianp10–p90UnitSamplesIndexDates
PassMark G3D Markcurrent2,829–points2222 avg.7.26 Nov 2026

Sources

PassMark1 average6 Nov 2026