AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire vs AMD Radeon HD 7750M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and AMD Radeon HD 7750M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

AMD Radeon HD 7750M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

Around 48% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 575 MHz
5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 512
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 575 MHz
Pipelines	2560 vs 512
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7750M

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7750M

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire	AMD Radeon HD 7750M
PassMark - G3D Mark		1191
PassMark - G2D Mark		693
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3551

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire	AMD Radeon HD 7750M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	GCN 1.0
Code name	Neptune CF	Chelsea
Launch date	1 May 2012	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	288
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	512
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	28 Watt
Floating-point performance		588.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		18.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count		1,500 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		64 GB / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs