GeForce 8200 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire with GeForce 8200, including specs and performance data.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
14.69
+3667%

HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms 8200 by a whopping 3667% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4011351
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.680.75
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTC78
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2012 (14 years ago)6 May 2008 (18 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores256016
Core clock speed850 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data210 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rateno data4.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0384 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 dataPCI
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width2x 256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed4800 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

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
+4300%
3−4
−4300%
Full HD102
+5000%
2−3
−5000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+4050%
2−3
−4050%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 0−1
Palworld 35−40 0−1
Resident Evil 4 Remake 30−35 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 60−65
+6300%
1−2
−6300%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+4050%
2−3
−4050%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 0−1
Far Cry 5 45−50
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Fortnite 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+6100%
1−2
−6100%
Palworld 35−40 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+5400%
1−2
−5400%
Valorant 120−130
+3967%
3−4
−3967%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 60−65
+6300%
1−2
−6300%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+4050%
2−3
−4050%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 190−200
+3860%
5−6
−3860%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 0−1
Dota 2 90−95
+4600%
2−3
−4600%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Fortnite 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+6100%
1−2
−6100%
Grand Theft Auto V 55−60
+5500%
1−2
−5500%
Metro Exodus 30−35 0−1
Palworld 35−40 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+5400%
1−2
−5400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+3900%
1−2
−3900%
Valorant 120−130
+3967%
3−4
−3967%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 60−65
+6300%
1−2
−6300%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 0−1
Dota 2 90−95
+4600%
2−3
−4600%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+6100%
1−2
−6100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+5400%
1−2
−5400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+3900%
1−2
−3900%
Valorant 120−130
+3967%
3−4
−3967%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Palworld 35−40 0−1

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 27−30 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 110−120
+5400%
2−3
−5400%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27 0−1
Metro Exodus 18−20 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+4200%
3−4
−4200%
Valorant 140−150
+4567%
3−4
−4567%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
+4100%
1−2
−4100%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 30−35 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 35−40 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24 0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 30−35 0−1
Palworld 20−22 0−1

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−12 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30 0−1
Metro Exodus 10−12 0−1
Palworld 10−12 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22 0−1
Valorant 70−75
+7200%
1−2
−7200%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 10−12 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 0−1
Dota 2 50−55
+5200%
1−2
−5200%
Far Cry 5 16−18 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 24−27 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16 0−1

4K
Epic

Fortnite 14−16 0−1
Palworld 10−12 0−1

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and GeForce 8200 compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 4300% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 5000% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.69 0.39
Recency 1 May 2012 6 May 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 40 Watt

HD 7970M Crossfire has a 3667% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 186% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 8200, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8200 is a desktop one.

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