AMD Radeon HD 7970M videocard review

Radeon HD 7970M videocard released by AMD; release date: 24 April 2012. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Wimbledon.

Core clock speed - 850 MHz. Texture fill rate - 68 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1280. Floating-point performance - 2,176 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 100 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 153.6 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

3569

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

496

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345391

17210

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

51.181 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

1121.002 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

93.230 Frames/s

5.355 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

81.527 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4413.025 mHash/s

256.990 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

5094 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3692 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3339 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

5094.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3692.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3339.000 Fps

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36466

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	3569
PassMark - G2D Mark	496
Geekbench - OpenCL	17210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	51.181 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	1121.002 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	5.355 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	81.527 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	256.990 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	5094 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3692 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3339 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	5094.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3692.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3339.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Games performance

1. Counter-Strike: GO (2012)
2. Thief (2014)
3. X-Plane 10.25 (2013)
4. Battlefield 4 (2013)
5. Company of Heroes 2 (2013)
6. Metro: Last Light (2013)
7. BioShock Infinite (2013)
8. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)
9. SimCity (2013)
10. Tomb Raider (2013)
11. Crysis 3 (2013)

12. Hitman: Absolution (2012)
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)
14. World of Tanks v8 (2012)
15. Borderlands 2 (2012)
16. Dirt Showdown (2012)
17. Diablo III (2012)
18. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
19. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
20. Battlefield 3 (2011)
21. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)
22. StarCraft 2 (2010)
23. Metro 2033 (2010)

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768	228.80
Medium, 1366x768	200.10
High, 1366x768	178.00

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	49.50
Medium, 1366x768	45.30
High, 1366x768	44.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	33.50

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	67.90
Medium, 1366x768	38.80
High, 1366x768	20.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.70

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	73.80
Medium, 1366x768	61.90
High, 1366x768	53.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	35.30

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	52.30
Medium, 1366x768	50.70
High, 1366x768	45.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	22.10

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	74.70
Medium, 1366x768	65.20
High, 1366x768	51.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	31.00

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	168.10
Medium, 1366x768	121.20
High, 1366x768	116.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	43.70

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768	267.60
Medium, 1366x768	118.00
High, 1366x768	107.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	46.50

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768	69.60
Medium, 1366x768	51.50
High, 1366x768	43.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	30.70

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	249.30
Medium, 1366x768	164.80
High, 1366x768	99.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	46.00

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	106.00
Medium, 1366x768	63.80
High, 1366x768	44.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	20.30

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x768	53.10
Medium, 1366x768	49.30
High, 1366x768	31.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	28.80

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	177.40
Medium, 1366x768	165.30
High, 1366x768	120.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	75.00

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	111.30
Medium, 1366x768	67.50
High, 1366x768	47.35
Ultra, 1920x1080	39.55

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	113.70
Medium, 1366x768	97.20
High, 1366x768	87.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	59.80

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	97.70
Medium, 1366x768	81.10
High, 1366x768	78.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	48.70

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	243.10
Medium, 1366x768	210.60
High, 1366x768	128.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	94.10

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	60.00
High, 1366x768	59.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	59.70

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	97.00
Medium, 1366x768	88.30
High, 1366x768	87.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	57.05

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	120.30
Medium, 1366x768	82.85
High, 1366x768	67.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	37.95

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768	219.40
High, 1366x768	171.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	85.70

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	322.90
Medium, 1360x768	75.60
High, 1360x768	70.05
Ultra, 1920x1080	85.10

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	133.90
Medium, 1360x768	128.35
High, 1600x900	83.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	29.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Wimbledon
Launch date	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	615
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0

AMD Radeon HD 7970M videocard review

Benchmarks

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Thief (2014)

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Metro: Last Light (2013)

BioShock Infinite (2013)

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

SimCity (2013)

Tomb Raider (2013)

Crysis 3 (2013)

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Diablo III (2012)

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Metro 2033 (2010)

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Technical info

Video outputs and ports

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

API support

Memory

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