GeForce 720A vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 720A 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 GeForce 720A 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

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 506% more power consumption, than GeForce 720A.
  • GeForce 720A is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 720A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 75 MHz higher, than GeForce 720A.
  • GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 2800 MHz higher, than GeForce 720A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than GeForce 720A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN
Code name GF117 Wimbledon XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 1 July 2014 1 May 2012
Pipelines 96 2560
Core clock speed 775 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 938 MHz
Transistor count 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 15.01
Floating-point performance 360.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size large
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