Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 370

In this comparison between Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 370 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire will be the best choice, for others Radeon R9 370 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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 R9 370
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 81% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 370.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 370 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R9 370 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 370 is 75 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 370 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 370 is 800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 370 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon R9 370
Architecture GCN GCN 1.0
Code name Wimbledon XT Trinidad
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 May 2012 5 May 2015
Pipelines 2560 1280
Core clock speed 850 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 78.00
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 5600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 336 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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