GeForce MX570 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and GeForce MX570, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
16.01
+7.6%

HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms MX570 by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking336354
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTGA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)May 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores25602048
Core clock speed850 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1155 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rateno data73.92
Floating-point processing powerno data4.731 TFLOPS
ROPsno data40
TMUsno data64
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 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

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

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
+10%
120−130
−10%
Full HD105
+10.5%
95−100
−10.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+8.7%
21−24
−8.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+5.9%
30−35
−5.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+8.3%
24−27
−8.3%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+10.4%
45−50
−10.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+6.7%
30−33
−6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+8.7%
21−24
−8.7%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+8.6%
35−40
−8.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+7.3%
40−45
−7.3%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+7.3%
95−100
−7.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+10.7%
27−30
−10.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+6.6%
75−80
−6.6%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+10%
50−55
−10%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+7.3%
40−45
−7.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+10.4%
45−50
−10.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+3.8%
75−80
−3.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+5.9%
30−35
−5.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+8.3%
24−27
−8.3%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+10.4%
45−50
−10.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+6.7%
30−33
−6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+8.7%
21−24
−8.7%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+8.6%
35−40
−8.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+7.3%
40−45
−7.3%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+7.3%
95−100
−7.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+10.7%
27−30
−10.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+6.6%
75−80
−6.6%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+10%
50−55
−10%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+7.3%
40−45
−7.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+10.4%
45−50
−10.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+8.6%
35−40
−8.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+3.8%
75−80
−3.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+5.9%
30−35
−5.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+8.3%
24−27
−8.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+6.7%
30−33
−6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+8.7%
21−24
−8.7%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+8.6%
35−40
−8.6%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+7.3%
95−100
−7.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+10.7%
27−30
−10.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+6.6%
75−80
−6.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+10.4%
45−50
−10.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+8.6%
35−40
−8.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+3.8%
75−80
−3.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+7.3%
40−45
−7.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+6.9%
27−30
−6.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+8.7%
21−24
−8.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+11.8%
16−18
−11.8%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+11.7%
75−80
−11.7%
Hitman 3 18−20
+5.6%
18−20
−5.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+10%
30−33
−10%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+11.5%
24−27
−11.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+11.1%
27−30
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
+7.7%
90−95
−7.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+8.3%
24−27
−8.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Hitman 3 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+9.5%
70−75
−9.5%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+10%
20−22
−10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+7.7%
12−14
−7.7%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and GeForce MX570 compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 10% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 11% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 7970M Crossfire is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 7970M Crossfire is ahead in 70 tests (97%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.01 14.88
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 25 Watt

HD 7970M Crossfire has a 7.6% higher aggregate performance score.

GeForce MX570, on the other hand, has a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and GeForce MX570.


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AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
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