FirePro V5800 vs Radeon HD 7970M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5800 and Radeon HD 7970M. 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 FirePro V5800 and Radeon HD 7970M. 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 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M 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 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V5800 Radeon HD 7970M
Power consumption (TDP) 74 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M has 35% more power consumption, than FirePro V5800.
  • FirePro V5800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon HD 7970M has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro V5800.
  • FirePro V5800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V5800 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 160 MHz higher, than FirePro V5800.
  • FirePro V5800 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 800 MHz higher, than FirePro V5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 18−20
ultra / 1080p 4−5 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 16−18 35−40
medium / 1080p 7−8 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 175% more, than FirePro V5800.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5800 Radeon HD 7970M
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN
Code name Juniper Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 26 April 2010 1 May 2012
Pipelines 800 1280
Core clock speed 690 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 27.60 68.00
Floating-point performance 1,104.0 gflops 2,176 gflops
Length 229 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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