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    Radeon HD 7730 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7730 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 7730 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 7730 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 325% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7730.
    • Radeon HD 7730 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 7730 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7730.
    • Radeon HD 7730 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 300 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7730.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon HD 7730.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 7730 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
    Code name Cape Verde Wimbledon XT
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 1 May 2013 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 384 2560
    Core clock speed 800 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 19.20
    Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops
    Length 168 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 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
    Laptop size large
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