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    GeForce GTX 560M vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 560M 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 GTX 560M stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 560M Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 560M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 560M 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 560M or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    GeForce GTX 560M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 560M 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 560M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 560M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 75 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560M.
    • GeForce GTX 560M 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 560M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 4−5 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 7−8 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 500% more, than GeForce GTX 560M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 560M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name N12E-GS Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 30 May 2011 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 192 2560
    Core clock speed 775 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 1,170 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 24.8 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 595.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 4800 MHz
    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 +
    CUDA cores 192
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0
    SLI options 2-way
    3D Blu-Ray +
    3D Gaming +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
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