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Radeon HD 6970

Price and performance details for the Radeon HD 6970 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

Radeon HD 6970

Bus Interface: PCIe 2.1 x16

Max Memory Size: 2048 MB

Core Clock(s): 880 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1375 MHz

DirectX: 11

OpenGL: 4.4

Max TDP: 250 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: AMD Radeon HD 6970

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2012-08-20

G3DMark/Price: 18.86

Overall Rank:  775

Last Price Change:  $149.99 USD (2022-04-10)

Average G3D Mark
2829

Average G2D Mark: 436
Samples: 2222

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for Radeon HD 6970

DirectX 968 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1020 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1121 Frames/Sec
DirectX 120 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute1040 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 10th of August 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon HD 6970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of November 2025.

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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 10th of August 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 24,995
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,086
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,234
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,488
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,710
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,080
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,869
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,364
Radeon HD 6970
 		2,829
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,039
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of August 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 2060
 66.81
GeForce RTX 3070
 52.77
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 49.50
GeForce RTX 4060
 45.98
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 44.54
GeForce RTX 3080
 41.66
GeForce GTX 1650
 22.81
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 20.65
Radeon HD 6970
 		18.86
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon HD 6970
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3557289 - Jun 30 2026
2995
BL3498059 - May 30 2026
2490
BL3424517 - Apr 21 2026
2703
BL3396791 - Apr 08 2026
2933
BL3201972 - Jan 10 2026
2893
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Popular comparisons for Radeon HD 6970
As of 10th of August 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon HD 6970
 		2,829
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon HD 6970
 42,042 (+1386.1%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon HD 6970
 38,976 (+1277.7%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon HD 6970
 38,040 (+1244.6%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon HD 6970
 37,974 (+1242.3%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon HD 6970
 35,628 (+1159.3%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon HD 6970
 34,429 (+1117.0%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon HD 6970
 34,225 (+1109.8%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon HD 6970
 33,360 (+1079.2%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs Radeon HD 6970
 33,270 (+1076.0%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 vs Radeon HD 6970
 32,739 (+1057.2%)
nVidia L40-4Q vs Radeon HD 6970
 32,601 (+1052.3%)
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