Quadro P400 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P400 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 Quadro P400 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

  Quadro P400 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 566% more power consumption, than Quadro P400.
  • Quadro P400 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro P400 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P400 is 378 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • Quadro P400 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 792 MHz higher, than Quadro P400.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 9−10 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Quadro P400.

Full Specs

  Quadro P400 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP107 Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 7 February 2017 1 May 2012
Pipelines 256 2560
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1252 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.03
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.06 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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