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    GeForce 830M vs Radeon HD 7970M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 830M 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 GeForce 830M 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.
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    GeForce 830M and Radeon HD 7970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 830M and Radeon HD 7970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce 830M or Radeon HD 7970M here:

    GeForce 830M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 830M Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M has 203% more power consumption, than GeForce 830M.
    • GeForce 830M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce 830M and Radeon HD 7970M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 830M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce 830M is 179 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • GeForce 830M and Radeon HD 7970M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 3000 MHz higher, than GeForce 830M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 2−3 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 12−14 35−40
    medium / 1080p 3−4 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 333% more, than GeForce 830M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 830M Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N15? Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 256 1280
    Core clock speed 1029 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1150 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 18.40 68.00
    Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 2,176 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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