AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

• Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 10% higher core clock speed: 931 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 80.88 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s
• Around 19% better floating-point performance: 2,588 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3900 vs 3569
• Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19459 vs 17210
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 58.971 vs 51.181
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1235.247 vs 1121.002
• Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6318 vs 5094
• Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6318 vs 5094

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

• 3.4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 496 vs 471
• Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.355 vs 5.195
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.527 vs 75.289
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 256.99 vs 252.311
• Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3692 vs 2070
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 1514
• Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3692 vs 2070
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3900 3569
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	471 496
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	19459 17210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	58.971 51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1235.247 1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.195 5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	75.289 81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	252.311 256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6318 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2070 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1514 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6318 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2070 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1514 3339

Compare specifications (specs)