Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	241	312
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	31.32	32.51
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	N17E-G1	Wimbledon XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	18 August 2016 (7 years ago)	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	no data
Current price	$240 (1x MSRP)	$126

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7970M Crossfire has 4% better value for money than GTX 1060 Mobile.

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 cores	1280	2560
CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	200 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	133.6	no data
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
SLI options	-	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GTX 1060 Mobile 21.13
+31.7%

HD 7970M Crossfire 16.05

GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire by 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1060 Mobile 14693
+32.1%

HD 7970M Crossfire 11119

GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire by 32% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1060 Mobile 34127
+9.6%

HD 7970M Crossfire 31127

GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire by 10% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p	170−180 +28.8%	132 −28.8%
Full HD	68 −67.6%	114 +67.6%
1440p	42 +40%	30−35 −40%
4K	30 +42.9%	21−24 −42.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	53	no data
Battlefield 5	78	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	61	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30	no data
Far Cry 5	75	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	76	no data
Forza Horizon 4	102	no data
Hitman 3	54	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	128	no data
Metro Exodus	81	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	74	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	106	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	54	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45	no data
Battlefield 5	69	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	25	no data
Far Cry 5	59	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	58	no data
Forza Horizon 4	210	no data
Hitman 3	46	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	134	no data
Metro Exodus	68	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	67	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	69	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	133	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	37	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	23	no data
Far Cry 5	43	no data
Forza Horizon 4	71	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	66	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	68	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	28	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	41	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	39	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	43	no data
Forza Horizon 4	57	no data
Hitman 3	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	48	no data
Metro Exodus	45	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	19	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	22	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	21	no data
Hitman 3	16−18	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	13	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	no data
Far Cry 5	14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	26	no data
Metro Exodus	23	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data