GeForce GTX 770M vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and GeForce GTX 770M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
16.01
+121%

HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms GTX 770M by a whopping 121% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking335538
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.39
Power efficiency5.586.74
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTGK106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)30 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$189.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560960
Core clock speed850 MHz811 MHz
Boost clock speedno data797 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data63.76
Floating-point processing powerno data1.53 TFLOPS
ROPsno data24
TMUsno data80

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options-+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data3 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataGDDR5
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
HDMI-+
HDCP content protection-+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI-+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.112 API
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7970M Crossfire 16.01
+121%
GTX 770M 7.25

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 7970M Crossfire 11119
+127%
GTX 770M 4889

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 7970M Crossfire 31127
+62.1%
GTX 770M 19208

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p132
+140%
55−60
−140%
Full HD101
+106%
49
−106%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.88

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+108%
12−14
−108%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+100%
18−20
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+152%
21−24
−152%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+113%
14−16
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+108%
12−14
−108%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+138%
16−18
−138%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+120%
20−22
−120%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+115%
45−50
−115%
Hitman 3 30−35
+121%
14−16
−121%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+88.4%
40−45
−88.4%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+162%
21−24
−162%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+120%
20−22
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+121%
24−27
−121%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+50%
50−55
−50%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+100%
18−20
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+152%
21−24
−152%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+113%
14−16
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+108%
12−14
−108%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+138%
16−18
−138%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+120%
20−22
−120%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+115%
45−50
−115%
Hitman 3 30−35
+121%
14−16
−121%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+88.4%
40−45
−88.4%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+162%
21−24
−162%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+120%
20−22
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+121%
24−27
−121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+72.7%
21−24
−72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+50%
50−55
−50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+100%
18−20
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+113%
14−16
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+108%
12−14
−108%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+138%
16−18
−138%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+115%
45−50
−115%
Hitman 3 30−35
+121%
14−16
−121%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+88.4%
40−45
−88.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+121%
24−27
−121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+72.7%
21−24
−72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+50%
50−55
−50%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+120%
20−22
−120%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+121%
14−16
−121%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+231%
24−27
−231%
Hitman 3 18−20
+72.7%
10−12
−72.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+120%
14−16
−120%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+263%
8−9
−263%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
+113%
45−50
−113%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+117%
12−14
−117%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Hitman 3 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+238%
24−27
−238%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and GTX 770M compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 140% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 106% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 7970M Crossfire is 700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 7970M Crossfire surpassed GTX 770M in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.01 7.25
Recency 1 May 2012 30 May 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 75 Watt

HD 7970M Crossfire has a 120.8% higher aggregate performance score.

GTX 770M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 166.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 770M in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
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