HD Graphics 4400 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 4400 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 HD Graphics 4400 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

HD Graphics 4400 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: HD Graphics 4400 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 HD Graphics 4400 or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  HD Graphics 4400 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 900% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 4400.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • HD Graphics 4400 is build with Gen. 7.5 Haswell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 650 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 4400.
  • HD Graphics 4400 is manufactured by 22 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 2−3 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3000% more, than HD Graphics 4400.

Full Specs

  HD Graphics 4400 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Gen. 7.5 Haswell GCN
Code name Haswell GT2 Wimbledon XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 5 June 2013 1 May 2012
Pipelines 20 2560
Core clock speed 200 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 392 million
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.00
Floating-point performance 46 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Shared memory + -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.3
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.80
Laptop size large
Quick Sync +
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