AMD Radeon HD 7970M vs ATI FirePro M7740

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970M and ATI FirePro M7740 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 7970M

ATI FirePro M7740

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 650 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
2.6x better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 832.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 3384 MHz
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3529 vs 665
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 506 vs 415
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 3309
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 3309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 4 August 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops vs 832.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 3384 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3529 vs 665
PassMark - G2D Mark	506 vs 415
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339 vs 3309

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7740

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro M7740

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3529

665

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

506

415

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3339

3309

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3339

3309

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970M	ATI FirePro M7740
PassMark - G3D Mark	3529	665
PassMark - G2D Mark	506	415
Geekbench - OpenCL	22410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339	3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339	3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970M	ATI FirePro M7740
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Wimbledon	M97
Launch date	24 April 2012	4 August 2009
Place in performance rating	590	591
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops	832.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	640
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s	20.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	826 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	54.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	3384 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0