Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - video card comparison
Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Architecture
Vega (2017−2021)
Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name
Vega
Blackcomb XT
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2020
January 2011
Boost clock speed
2100 MHz
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Core clock speed
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680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
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2x1700 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1920
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
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Memory type
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GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
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2x2 GB
Memory bus width
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256 Bit
Memory clock speed
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900 MHz
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
12_1
11