FirePro W7000 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire with FirePro W7000, including specs and performance data.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
14.44
+40.2%

HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms W7000 by a considerable 40% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking395476
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.88
Power efficiency5.545.27
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTPitcairn
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 May 2012 (13 years ago)13 June 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores25601280
Core clock speed850 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rateno data76.00
Floating-point processing powerno data2.432 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
L1 Cacheno data320 KB
L2 Cacheno data512 KB

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
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data153.6 GB/s
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 data4x DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D-+
DisplayPort countno data4
Dual-link DVI support-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.112 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131

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
+46.7%
90−95
−46.7%
Full HD102
+45.7%
70−75
−45.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data12.84

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+50.9%
55−60
−50.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 60−65
+57.5%
40−45
−57.5%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+50.9%
55−60
−50.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Escape from Tarkov 60−65
+50%
40−45
−50%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+60%
30−33
−60%
Fortnite 80−85
+50.9%
55−60
−50.9%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+52.5%
40−45
−52.5%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+53.3%
30−33
−53.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+54.3%
35−40
−54.3%
Valorant 120−130
+43.5%
85−90
−43.5%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 60−65
+57.5%
40−45
−57.5%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+50.9%
55−60
−50.9%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 190−200
+40.7%
140−150
−40.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Dota 2 90−95
+43.1%
65−70
−43.1%
Escape from Tarkov 60−65
+50%
40−45
−50%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+60%
30−33
−60%
Fortnite 80−85
+50.9%
55−60
−50.9%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+52.5%
40−45
−52.5%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+53.3%
30−33
−53.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 55−60
+57.1%
35−40
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+54.3%
35−40
−54.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+44.4%
27−30
−44.4%
Valorant 120−130
+43.5%
85−90
−43.5%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 60−65
+57.5%
40−45
−57.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Dota 2 90−95
+43.1%
65−70
−43.1%
Escape from Tarkov 60−65
+50%
40−45
−50%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+60%
30−33
−60%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+52.5%
40−45
−52.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+54.3%
35−40
−54.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+44.4%
27−30
−44.4%
Valorant 120−130
+43.5%
85−90
−43.5%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 80−85
+50.9%
55−60
−50.9%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+55.6%
18−20
−55.6%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 100−110
+45.3%
75−80
−45.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
+50%
16−18
−50%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+47.4%
95−100
−47.4%
Valorant 150−160
+50%
100−105
−50%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
+51.9%
27−30
−51.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Escape from Tarkov 30−33
+42.9%
21−24
−42.9%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+52.4%
21−24
−52.4%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+50%
14−16
−50%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 30−35
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
+50%
18−20
−50%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
Valorant 80−85
+47.3%
55−60
−47.3%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
+50%
14−16
−50%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Dota 2 50−55
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%
Escape from Tarkov 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and FirePro W7000 compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 47% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 46% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 14.44 10.30
Recency 1 May 2012 13 June 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 350 Watt

HD 7970M Crossfire has a 40.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 75% lower power consumption.

FirePro W7000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month.

The Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W7000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while FirePro W7000 is a workstation one.

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