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    GeForce GTX 570M vs Radeon HD 7970

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 570M and Radeon HD 7970. 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 570M and Radeon HD 7970. 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 570M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 570M 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 GeForce GTX 570M here:

    GeForce GTX 570M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 570M Radeon HD 7970
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 300 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 3 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7970 has 300% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 570M.
    • GeForce GTX 570M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7970 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 570M and Radeon HD 7970 have maximum RAM of 3 GB.
    • GeForce GTX 570M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7970 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 570M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTX 570M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 570M is 125 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 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 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than GeForce GTX 570M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 570M Radeon HD 7970
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name N12E-GT Tahiti XT
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 28 June 2011 22 December 2011
    Pipelines 336 2048
    Core clock speed 575 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 32.2 billion/sec 118.4
    Floating-point performance 772.8 gflops 3,789 gflops
    Length 274 mm
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 1375 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72.0 GB/s 264 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 336
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    3D Blu-Ray +
    3D Gaming +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 485 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.71 Mh/s
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