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    GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q vs Radeon HD 7970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon HD 7970M, 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 GTX 1050 Max Q stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon HD 7970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon HD 7970M 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 GTX 1050 Max Q or Radeon HD 7970M here:

    GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is 149 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is 2200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 5−6
    4K / 2160p 5−6 4−5
    low / 720p 40−45 35−40
    medium / 1080p 24−27 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than Radeon HD 7970M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name N17P-G0 Max-Q Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 3 January 2018 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 640 1280
    Core clock speed 999 - 1189 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1139 - 1328 MHz
    Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 53.12 68.00
    Floating-point performance 1,700 gflops 2,176 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    CUDA 6.1
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
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