GRID M60 1Q vs Radeon HD 7970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M60 1Q 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 GRID M60 1Q 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.

Main Specs

  GRID M60 1Q Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970 has 33% more power consumption, than GRID M60 1Q.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 7970 has 2 GB more memory, than GRID M60 1Q.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M60 1Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • GRID M60 1Q and Radeon HD 7970 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7970 is 7 mm longer, than GRID M60 1Q.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M60 1Q is 3637 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
QHD / 1440p 7−8 16−18
4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
low / 720p 40−45 60−65
medium / 1080p 27−30 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than GRID M60 1Q.

Full Specs

  GRID M60 1Q Radeon HD 7970
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN
Code name GM204 Tahiti XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 22 December 2011
Pipelines 2048 2048
Core clock speed 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 150.8 118.4
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops 3,789 gflops
Length 267 mm 274 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 264 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
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