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    Radeon HD 7970M vs Radeon RX Vega M GH

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7970M and Radeon RX Vega M GH, 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 Radeon HD 7970M stacks up against Radeon RX Vega M GH, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 7970M and Radeon RX Vega M GH are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 7970M and Radeon RX Vega M GH 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 Radeon HD 7970M or Radeon RX Vega M GH here:

    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops
    Radeon RX Vega M GH Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 7970M Radeon RX Vega M GH
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) IGP
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 100 Watt.
    • Radeon HD 7970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX Vega M GH uses IGP interface.
    • Radeon RX Vega M GH has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 7970M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX Vega M GH - with Vega.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX Vega M GH is 213 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Radeon HD 7970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GH - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 3200 MHz higher, than Radeon RX Vega M GH.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 10−12 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 5−6 16−18
    4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
    low / 720p 35−40 60−65
    medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega M GH in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 7970M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 7970M Radeon RX Vega M GH
    Architecture GCN Vega
    Code name Wimbledon XT Vega Kaby Lake-G
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 May 2012 7 January 2018
    Pipelines 1280 1536
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 1063 MHz
    Boost Clock 1190 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 68.00 114.2
    Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops 3,656 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 1024 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1600 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
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