Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs Radeon RX Vega 11

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX Vega 11. 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 Vega 11. 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 Vega 11
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 15 Watt
Interface IGP
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 System Shared
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 1233% more power consumption, than Radeon RX Vega 11.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX Vega 11 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 11 - with Vega.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 11 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−11
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 260% more, than Radeon RX Vega 11.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon RX Vega 11
Architecture GCN Vega
Code name Wimbledon XT Vega Raven Ridge
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 May 2012 26 October 2017
Pipelines 2560 704
Core clock speed 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1240 MHz
Transistor count 4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 61.60
Floating-point performance 1,760 gflops
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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