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AMD logo Radeon HD 6970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 550 Ti

AMD Radeon HD 6970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti logo
General information Radeon HD 6970 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 33.3 % 3072 MB 0 %
Core Clock 880 MHz 2.2 % 900 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 1425 MHz 70.3 % 4800 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 116 W 53.6 %
Length 297 mm 0 % 242 mm 18.5 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon HD 6970 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Overall Score 27068 0 % 19992 26.1 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 7327 0 % 3997 45.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 432.9 0 % 369 14.7 %
Average DirectX performance 27.3 FPS 0 % 16.4 FPS 40.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 68.3 FPS 0 % 41.3 FPS 39.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 20.1 FPS 0 % 7.1 FPS 64.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 20.9 FPS 0 % 11 FPS 47.3 %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS 100 % 6 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 1487.5 operations/s 0 % 706.8 operations/s 52.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 6970, GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 6970 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 52.8 FPS 34.8 FPS
High settings 95.0 FPS 62.7 FPS
Medium settings 114.0 FPS 75.2 FPS
Low settings 159.5 FPS 105.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 34 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 6970, GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 6970 GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 44.2 FPS 32.0 FPS
High settings 79.5 FPS 57.6 FPS
Medium settings 95.4 FPS 69.2 FPS
Low settings 133.6 FPS 96.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.5 %
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