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    HD Graphics 5300 vs Radeon HD 7970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon HD 7970M, 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 5300 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M, check out specs charts below.
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    HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon HD 7970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon HD 7970M 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 5300 or Radeon HD 7970M here:

    HD Graphics 5300 Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      HD Graphics 5300 Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type System Shared GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M has 566% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 5300.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x1, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is build with Gen. 8 Broadwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 750 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 5300.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
    ultra / 1080p − 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 0−1 35−40
    medium / 1080p 0−1 21−24

    Full Specs

      HD Graphics 5300 Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture Gen. 8 Broadwell GCN
    Code name Broadwell GT2 Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 5 September 2014 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 24 1280
    Core clock speed 100 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 1,300 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 21.60 68.00
    Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.80 1.2.131
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Quick Sync +
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