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    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs Radeon RX 5500M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 5500M, 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 RX 5500M, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 5500M 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 RX 5500M here:

    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops
    Radeon RX 5500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon RX 5500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 85 Watt
    Interface PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 135% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 477 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 9200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 7−8
    4K / 2160p 10−11 5−6
    low / 720p 60−65 40−45
    medium / 1080p 40−45 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than Radeon RX 5500M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Radeon RX 5500M
    Architecture GCN Navi / RDNA
    Code name Wimbledon XT Navi 14 / R19M-E85
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 May 2012 29 September 2019
    Pipelines 2560 1408
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 1327 MHz
    Boost Clock 1645 MHz
    Transistor count 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 144.8
    Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 14000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.5
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large medium sized
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