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    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs Radeon RX 550

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 550. 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 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 550. 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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    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:

    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon RX 550
    Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 300% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550.
    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 550 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 250 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 2200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 30−33
    medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon RX 550.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon RX 550
    Architecture GCN GCN 4.0
    Code name Wimbledon XT Lexa
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 May 2012 20 April 2017
    Pipelines 2560 512
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 1100 MHz
    Boost Clock 1183 MHz
    Transistor count 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.86
    Floating-point performance 1,211 gflops
    Length 145 mm
    Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 7000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large
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