FirePro S9050 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S9050 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro S9050 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S9050 has 12% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • FirePro S9050 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro S9050 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • FirePro S9050 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 35−40
ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
QHD / 1440p 6−7 16−18
4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 24−27 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than FirePro S9050.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Tahiti Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 7 August 2014 1 May 2012
Pipelines 1792 2560
Core clock speed 900 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops
Length 254 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
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