FirePro S7000 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S7000 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. 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 FirePro S7000 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. 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 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

  FirePro S7000 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S7000 has 75% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • FirePro S7000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro S7000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S7000 is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • FirePro S7000 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S7000 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 4800 MHz.

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 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than FirePro S7000.

Full Specs

  FirePro S7000 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Pitcairn Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 27 August 2012 1 May 2012
Pipelines 1280 2560
Core clock speed 950 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops
Length 292 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 272 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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