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    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 M385

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M385, 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 Crossfire stacks up against Radeon R9 M385, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M385 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M385 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 Crossfire or Radeon R9 M385 here:

    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops
    Radeon R9 M385 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M385
    Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M385 are build with GCN architecture.
    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M385 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3300 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M385.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 24−27
    medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon R9 M385.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon R9 M385
    Architecture GCN GCN
    Code name Wimbledon XT Strato
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 May 2012 16 June 2015
    Pipelines 2560 896
    Core clock speed 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz
    Transistor count 2,080 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 56.00
    Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops
    Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Laptop size large medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
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