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    GeForce GTX 480M vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 480M 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 480M 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 480M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 480M 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 480M or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    GeForce GTX 480M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 480M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 100% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 480M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 480M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Both graphics cards have the same core clock speed.
    • GeForce GTX 480M 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 3600 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 480M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−11 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 21−24 60−65
    medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 215% more, than GeForce GTX 480M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 480M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name N11E-GTX-A3 Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 25 May 2010 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 352 2560
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 3,100 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 18.7 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 598.4 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 76.8 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 +
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0
    SLI options +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Laptop size large large
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