| Attribute | Radeon HD 6950M × | GeForce GTX 470M × |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ||
| Release year (year) | 2011 | 2010 |
| GPU brand | AMD | Nvidia |
| GPU name | Blackcomb | GF104 |
| Market | Laptop | Laptop |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 580 | 535 |
| Is dual GPU | - | - |
| Model | Radeon HD 6950M | GeForce GTX 470M |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 1,024 | 1,536 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 115.2 | 72 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 | 192 |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 900 | 750 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 3,600 | 3,000 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 50 | 75 |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 18.56 | 6.42 |
| Render output processors | 32 | 24 |
| Texture mapping units | 48 | 48 |
| Shading units | 960 | 288 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 1,114 | 616 |
| Compute units | 12 | - |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 27.84 | 25.68 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| PassMark | - | 1,949 |
| PassMark Direct Compute | - | 782 |
| 3DMark 11 Graphics | 13,719 | 16,562 |
| 3DMark Vantage Graphics | 9,694 | 8,561 |
| 3DMark06 | 2,452 | 2002.5 |
| Cloud Gate Factor | - | 15.03 |
| Sky Diver Factor | - | 114.53 |
| Fire Strike Factor | - | 19 |