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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: 18.87

Overall Rank:  767

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

Average G3D Mark
2831

Average G2D Mark: 436
Samples: 2218

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 March 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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Pricing History

G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,036
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,132
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,280
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,530
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,748
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,101
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,872
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,359
Radeon HD 6970
 		2,831
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3070
 53.48
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 52.95
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 48.92
GeForce RTX 4060
 48.06
GeForce RTX 2060
 47.16
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 41.97
GeForce RTX 3080
 38.28
GeForce GTX 1650
 31.49
Radeon HD 6970
 		18.87
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon HD 6970
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3201972 - Jan 10 2026
2893
BL3128576 - Dec 12 2025
3042
BL3098282 - Dec 01 2025
2454
BL3063881 - Nov 18 2025
2613
BL2990449 - Oct 20 2025
2925
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Popular comparisons for Radeon HD 6970
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon HD 6970
 		2,831
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon HD 6970
 41,725 (+1374.1%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs Radeon HD 6970
 40,493 (+1330.6%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon HD 6970
 38,935 (+1275.5%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon HD 6970
 38,082 (+1245.4%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon HD 6970
 35,720 (+1161.9%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon HD 6970
 35,436 (+1151.9%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon HD 6970
 34,444 (+1116.9%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon HD 6970
 34,259 (+1110.3%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon HD 6970
 33,302 (+1076.5%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs Radeon HD 6970
 33,270 (+1075.4%)
nVidia L40-4Q vs Radeon HD 6970
 32,601 (+1051.7%)
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