Radeon 610M vs HD 7970 GHz Edition

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	753
Place by popularity	not in top-100	38
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Tahiti	RDNA 2
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	22 June 2012 (12 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data
Current price	$359 (0.7x MSRP)	no data

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	2048	128
Core clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	134.4	15.20
Floating-point performance	4,301 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and Radeon 610M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	274 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	384 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.3
Mantle	-	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 June 2012	20 September 2022
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	15 Watt

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