FirePro M7740 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M7740 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro M7740 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

FirePro M7740 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M7740 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M7740 or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M7740 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 233% more power consumption, than FirePro M7740.
  • FirePro M7740 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M7740 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 200 MHz higher, than FirePro M7740.
  • FirePro M7740 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3800 MHz higher, than FirePro M7740.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than FirePro M7740.

Full Specs

  FirePro M7740 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Terascale 1 GCN
Code name RV740 Wimbledon XT
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 4 August 2009 1 May 2012
Pipelines 640 2560
Core clock speed 650 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 826 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.80
Floating-point performance 832.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.14 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.1
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
Laptop size large large
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