GRID K260Q vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID K260Q 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 GRID K260Q stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

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

  GRID K260Q Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GRID K260Q has 12% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • GRID K260Q is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GRID K260Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 105 MHz higher, than GRID K260Q.
  • GRID K260Q and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K260Q is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 9−10 21−24
QHD / 1440p 3−4 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than GRID K260Q.

Full Specs

  GRID K260Q Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK104 Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 June 2013 1 May 2012
Pipelines 1536 2560
Core clock speed 745 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Laptop size large
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