GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	312	61
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	32.47	46.59
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Wimbledon XT	Turing TU104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)	2 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499
Current price	$126	$261 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 Super has 43% better value for money than HD 7970M Crossfire.

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	2560	2560
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	215 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	283.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	448.0 GB/s
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	no data	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	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.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	7.5

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.

HD 7970M Crossfire 16.05

RTX 2070 Super 47.26
+194%

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire by 194% 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%

HD 7970M Crossfire 11119

RTX 2070 Super 35032
+215%

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire by 215% 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%

HD 7970M Crossfire 31127

RTX 2070 Super 89209
+187%

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire by 187% 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	132 −165%	350−400 +165%
Full HD	114 −15.8%	132 +15.8%
1440p	27−30 −207%	83 +207%
4K	18−20 −200%	54 +200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27

−276%

94
+276%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −225%	104 +225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −226%	88 +226%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −252%	183 +252%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −272%	119 +272%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −236%	84 +236%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −292%	149 +292%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −259%	158 +259%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −132%	174 +132%
Hitman 3	30−35 −274%	116 +274%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −336%	279 +336%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −167%	144 +167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −171%	122 +171%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −394%	252 +394%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −118%	111 +118%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −181%	90 +181%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −174%	74 +174%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −231%	172 +231%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −275%	120 +275%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −212%	78 +212%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −216%	120 +216%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −173%	120 +173%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −244%	258 +244%
Hitman 3	30−35 −197%	92 +197%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −322%	270 +322%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −133%	126 +133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −169%	121 +169%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −288%	198 +288%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −432%	181 +432%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −322%	215 +322%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −103%	65 +103%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −144%	66 +144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −184%	91 +184%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −192%	73 +192%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −118%	83 +118%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −104%	153 +104%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −144%	156 +144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −227%	167 +227%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −194%	100 +194%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −33.3%	68 +33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50

−153%

114
+153%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 −281%	118 +281%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −340%	132 +340%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −256%	57 +256%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −308%	53 +308%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −305%	81 +305%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −422%	47 +422%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −277%	98 +277%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −303%	125 +303%
Hitman 3	18−20 −274%	71 +274%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −258%	118 +258%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −214%	91 +214%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −310%	123 +310%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −335%	70−75 +335%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −410%	51 +410%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

−265%

95
+265%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −244%	55 +244%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −300%	48 +300%
Hitman 3	12−14 −250%	42 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −271%	60−65 +271%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −360%	46 +360%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −353%	68 +353%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −333%	39 +333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −300%	32 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −450%	44 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −667%	23 +667%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −289%	35 +289%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −282%	84 +282%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −306%	69 +306%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −280%	57 +280%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −383%	29 +383%