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    Quadro CX vs Radeon HD 7970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro CX and Radeon HD 7970M, 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 Quadro CX stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M, check out specs charts below.
    Quadro CX
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    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:

    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro CX Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
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    • Quadro CX has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Quadro CX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Quadro CX has 1534 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Quadro CX is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M - in Laptops.
    • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 248 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.
    • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 3200 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 1−2 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 10−12 35−40
    medium / 1080p 2−3 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 420% more, than Quadro CX.

    Full Specs

      Quadro CX Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
    Code name GT200B Wimbledon XT
    Type Workstation Laptop
    Release date 11 November 2008 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 192 1280
    Core clock speed 602 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 1,400 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 38.53 68.00
    Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 2,176 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 4.0 5.1
    OpenGL 3.3 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    CUDA 1.3
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
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