AMD Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand vs NVIDIA GeForce MX330
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Broadway | GP108 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Broadway XT | GP108-655-A1 (N17S-G3-A1) |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 1,800 million |
| Die size | 166 mm² | 74 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 4th, 2011 | Feb 10th, 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Vancouver (HD 6900M) | GeForce MX (3xx) |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Predecessor | Manhattan | — |
| Successor | London | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 1752 MHz 7 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1531 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1594 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 64.00 GB/s | 56.06 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 800 | 384 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 40 | 24 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Compute units | 10 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 512 KB |
| SM count | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 12.80 GPixel/s | 25.50 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 32.00 GTexel/s | 38.26 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,280 GFLOPS | 1,224 GFLOPS |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 19.13 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 38.26 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | IGP |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 75 W | 10 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Power connectors | — | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
