AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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, 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 500 Watt

Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1063 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 500 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

18.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 114.2 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1536
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 3,656 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 114.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops vs 3,656 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	6575
PassMark - G2D Mark	774
Geekbench - OpenCL	27082
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8931
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8931
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 22	New Zealand
Launch date	1 February 2018	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	337	338
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz
Core clock speed	1063 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,656 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	114.2 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory bus width		2x 384 Bit