FirePro W7100 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7100 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 W7100 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.

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 W7100 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W7100 has 100% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • FirePro W7100 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W7100 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W7100 is 70 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • FirePro W7100 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7100 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
FirePro W7100 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN
Code name Tonga Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 12 August 2014 1 May 2012
Pipelines 1792 2560
Core clock speed 920 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 103.0
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.3
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 362 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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