GeForce 8800 GTX vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 8800 GTX 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 GeForce 8800 GTX 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

  GeForce 8800 GTX Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 29% more power consumption, than GeForce 8800 GTX.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 274 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is manufactured by 90 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3900 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Tesla GCN
Code name G80 Wimbledon XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 8 November 2006 1 May 2012
Pipelines 128 2560
Core clock speed 576 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 681 million
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops
Length 270 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 575
SLI options +
Laptop size large
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