GeForce 940MX vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940MX 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 940MX stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 940MX and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 940MX 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 GeForce 940MX or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 940MX Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 769% more power consumption, than GeForce 940MX.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 940MX is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940MX is 272 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • GeForce 940MX and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 800 MHz higher, than GeForce 940MX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 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 GeForce 940MX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940MX Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name N16S-GTR-B/S Wimbledon XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 10 March 2016 1 May 2012
Pipelines 384 2560
Core clock speed 1122 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1242 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 23.83
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 102 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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