GeForce GTX 560 SE vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 560 SE 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 560 SE 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.

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 GTX 560 SE Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 114 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE 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 972 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.

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 560 SE.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 SE Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN
Code name GF114 Wimbledon XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 20 February 2012 1 May 2012
Pipelines 288 2560
Core clock speed 736 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 35.33
Floating-point performance 847.9 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 91.87 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 54 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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