AMD Radeon HD 7970M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon HD 7970M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.

366
Place in performance rating
1692
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Value for money (0-100)
0.05
GCN
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Wimbledon
Code name
Tahiti
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 May 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
22 June 2012
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Launch price (MSRP)
$499
$338
Price now
$512
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Design
reference
2.25
Value for money
no data
Wimbledon XT
GPU code name
no data
Laptop
Market segment
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Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 7970M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1280
Pipelines
2048
850 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
1050 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
68.00
Texture fill rate
134.4
2,176 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,301 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
2,800 million
Number of transistors
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100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 7970M and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
274 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
large
Laptop size
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Bus support
PCIe 2.1 x16

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7970M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7970M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
+
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HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CrossFire
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FreeSync
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 7970M and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7970M and AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 7970M or AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970M

16.65% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($338 vs $512)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

More pipelines (2048 vs 1280)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (288 GB/s vs 153.6 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7970M or AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7970M .

AMD Radeon HD 7970M versus AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Passmark

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User rating

4.2 Out of 6 Hitesti Score
4.1 Out of 12 Hitesti Score