Radeon HD 7970 X2 vs GeForce 810M

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1061not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGF117New Zealand
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 March 2014 (10 years ago)31 August 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899
Current price$163 $316 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores482048
Core clock speed738 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors585 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate5.904118.4
Floating-point performance141.7 gflops2x 3,789 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data292 mm
WidthMXM Module2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data3x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz5500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s264.0 GB/s

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 outputs1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 March 2014 31 August 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 500 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 810M and Radeon HD 7970 X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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