Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs Radeon RX 560X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 560X. 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 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 560X. 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

  Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon RX 560X
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 166% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 560X.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 560X - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 560X - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560X is 325 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560X is 2200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−11
QHD / 1440p 16−18 4−5
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon RX 560X.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon RX 560X
Architecture GCN GCN 4.0
Code name Wimbledon XT Polaris 21
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 May 2012 11 April 2018
Pipelines 2560 1024
Core clock speed 850 MHz 1175 MHz
Boost Clock 1275 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 81.60
Floating-point performance 2,611 gflops
Length 170 mm
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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