GeForce RTX 5060 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire with GeForce RTX 5060, including specs and performance data.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
15.40

RTX 5060 outperforms HD 7970M Crossfire by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking352276
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.459.58
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTGB206
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)March 2025 (recently)

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 cores25603840
Core clock speed850 MHz2280 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2497 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data299.6
Floating-point processing powerno data19.18 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

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
−28.8%
170−180
+28.8%
Full HD102
−27.5%
130−140
+27.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 85−90
−34.1%
110−120
+34.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−35.5%
40−45
+35.5%
Hogwarts Legacy 27−30
−39.3%
35−40
+39.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
−26.2%
80−85
+26.2%
Counter-Strike 2 85−90
−34.1%
110−120
+34.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−35.5%
40−45
+35.5%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−32%
65−70
+32%
Fortnite 80−85
−23.8%
100−110
+23.8%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−27%
80−85
+27%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
−31.3%
60−65
+31.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 27−30
−39.3%
35−40
+39.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
−36.4%
75−80
+36.4%
Valorant 120−130
−18.7%
140−150
+18.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
−26.2%
80−85
+26.2%
Counter-Strike 2 85−90
−34.1%
110−120
+34.1%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 200−210
−17.5%
230−240
+17.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−35.5%
40−45
+35.5%
Dota 2 90−95
−27.7%
120−130
+27.7%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−32%
65−70
+32%
Fortnite 80−85
−23.8%
100−110
+23.8%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−27%
80−85
+27%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
−31.3%
60−65
+31.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 55−60
−29.8%
70−75
+29.8%
Hogwarts Legacy 27−30
−39.3%
35−40
+39.3%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−38.7%
40−45
+38.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
−36.4%
75−80
+36.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−40%
55−60
+40%
Valorant 120−130
−18.7%
140−150
+18.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
−26.2%
80−85
+26.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−35.5%
40−45
+35.5%
Dota 2 90−95
−27.7%
120−130
+27.7%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−32%
65−70
+32%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−27%
80−85
+27%
Hogwarts Legacy 27−30
−39.3%
35−40
+39.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
−36.4%
75−80
+36.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−40%
55−60
+40%
Valorant 120−130
−18.7%
140−150
+18.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 80−85
−23.8%
100−110
+23.8%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−33
−40%
40−45
+40%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 110−120
−28.8%
140−150
+28.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
−41.7%
30−35
+41.7%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−36.8%
24−27
+36.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
−13.8%
170−180
+13.8%
Valorant 150−160
−20.3%
180−190
+20.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−33.3%
55−60
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−46.2%
18−20
+46.2%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−34.4%
40−45
+34.4%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−35.1%
50−55
+35.1%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−37.5%
21−24
+37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−40.9%
30−35
+40.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−35
−39.4%
45−50
+39.4%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
−28.6%
35−40
+28.6%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−45%
27−30
+45%
Valorant 80−85
−37.8%
110−120
+37.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Dota 2 50−55
−22.6%
65−70
+22.6%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−42.9%
20−22
+42.9%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14−16
−33.3%
20−22
+33.3%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and RTX 5060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5060 is 29% faster in 900p
  • RTX 5060 is 27% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5060 is 64% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 5060 surpassed HD 7970M Crossfire in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.40 20.30
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 150 Watt

RTX 5060 has a 31.8% higher aggregate performance score, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 5060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5060 is a desktop one.

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