Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 380X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X, 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 7970M Crossfire stacks up against Radeon R9 380X, 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 7970M Crossfire	Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	190 Watt
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 5% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 380X.
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 380X - in Desktops.
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3830 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	35−40	35−40
ultra / 1080p	21−24	21−24
QHD / 1440p	16−18	16−18
4K / 2160p	10−11	10−11
low / 720p	60−65	60−65
medium / 1080p	40−45	40−45
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
high / 1080p	55−60	55−60
ultra / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	35−40	35−40
4K / 2160p	18−20	18−20
low / 720p	100−110	100−110
medium / 1080p	60−65	60−65
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Battlefield 5.
low / 768p	50−55	50−55
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	250−260	250−260
medium / 768p	220−230	220−230
ultra / 1080p	180−190	180−190
QHD / 1440p	110−120	110−120
4K / 2160p	70−75	70−75
high / 768p	210−220	210−220
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
low / 768p	60−65	60−65
medium / 1080p	55−60	55−60
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p	120−130	120−130
medium / 768p	110−120	110−120
ultra / 1080p	100−110	100−110
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Dota 2.
high / 1080p	45−50	45−50
ultra / 1080p	40−45	40−45
QHD / 1440p	27−30	27−30
4K / 2160p	14−16	14−16
low / 720p	80−85	80−85
medium / 1080p	45−50	45−50
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Far Cry 5.
high / 1080p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	27−30	27−30
4K / 2160p	27−30	27−30
low / 720p	180−190	180−190
medium / 1080p	110−120	110−120
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Fortnite.
high / 1080p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	30−35	30−35
4K / 2160p	24−27	24−27
low / 720p	100−110	100−110
medium / 1080p	65−70	65−70
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Forza Horizon 4.
low / 768p	140−150	140−150
medium / 768p	120−130	120−130
high / 1080p	70−75	70−75
ultra / 1080p	30−35	30−35
QHD / 1440p	21−24	21−24
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Grand Theft Auto V.
high / 1080p	24−27	24−27
ultra / 1080p	20−22	20−22
QHD / 1440p	16−18	16−18
4K / 2160p	8−9	8−9
low / 720p	65−70	65−70
medium / 1080p	30−35	30−35
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Metro Exodus.
low / 768p	130−140	130−140
medium / 1080p	120−130	120−130
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
ultra / 1080p	14−16	14−16
low / 720p	100−110	100−110
medium / 1080p	18−20	18−20
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
high / 1080p	24−27	24−27
ultra / 1080p	16−18	16−18
QHD / 1440p	10−11	10−11
4K / 2160p	7−8	7−8
low / 720p	65−70	65−70
medium / 1080p	35−40	35−40
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2.
low / 768p	130−140	130−140
medium / 768p	85−90	85−90
high / 1080p	45−50	45−50
ultra / 1080p	24−27	24−27
4K / 2160p	16−18	16−18
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
low / 768p	90−95	90−95
medium / 768p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	50−55	50−55
high / 768p	60−65	60−65
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in World of Tanks.

Full Specs

	Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire	Radeon R9 380X
Architecture	GCN	GCN 3.0
Code name	Wimbledon XT	Antigua
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 May 2012	19 November 2015
Pipelines	2560	2048
Core clock speed	850 MHz
Boost Clock		970 MHz
Transistor count		5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate		124.2
Floating-point performance		3,973 gflops
Length		221 mm
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	970 MHz
Memory bandwidth		182.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-
DirectX	DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model		6.3
OpenGL		4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan		+
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)		0.58 kh/s
FreeSync		+
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
HDMI		+
Laptop size	large
Eyefinity		+
HD3D		+
PowerTune		+
TrueAudio		+
ZeroCore		+
Mantle		+
Design		reference
Bridgeless CrossFire		+
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
DisplayPort support		+
CrossFire		+
VCE		+
DDMA audio		+
Decred / DCR (Decred)		0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)		20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)		175 Sol/s
Compute units		32
Form factor		full height / full length
High bandwidth memory (HBM)		-
LiquidVR		+
FRTC		+
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Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 380X

Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

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