P104 100 vs Radeon HD 7970M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing P104 100 and Radeon HD 7970M. 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 P104 100 and Radeon HD 7970M. 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.

Radeon HD 7970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M 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 here:

Main Specs

  P104 100 Radeon HD 7970M
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • P104 100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • P104 100 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
  • P104 100 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M - in Laptops.
  • P104 100 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of P104 100 is 757 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
  • P104 100 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of P104 100 is 5208 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−12
QHD / 1440p 16−18 5−6
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of P104 100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 7970M.

Full Specs

  P104 100 Radeon HD 7970M
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP104 Wimbledon XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 12 December 2017 1 May 2012
Pipelines 1920 1280
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1733 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 208.0 68.00
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops 2,176 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320.3 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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