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    GeForce GTX 470M vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 470M 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 GeForce GTX 470M 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.
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    GeForce GTX 470M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 470M 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 GTX 470M or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    GeForce GTX 470M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 470M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 166% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 470M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 470M is 250 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3550 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 470M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 21−24 60−65
    medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than GeForce GTX 470M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 470M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name N11E-GT Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 November 2010 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 288 2560
    Core clock speed 1100 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 19.7 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 616.3 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large large
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