HD Graphics 405 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and HD Graphics 405, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
16.03
+2096%

HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms HD Graphics 405 by a whopping 2096% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3371165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.498.34
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTBraswell GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)

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 cores2560128
Core clock speed850 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data600 MHz
Number of transistorsno data189 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt6 Watt
Texture fill rateno data9.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.1536 TFLOPS
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data16

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 dataRing Bus

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width2x 256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed4800 MHzSystem Shared
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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.3
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 16.03
+2096%
HD Graphics 405 0.73

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.

HD 7970M Crossfire 11119
+2251%
HD Graphics 405 473

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.

HD 7970M Crossfire 31127
+1396%
HD Graphics 405 2081

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
+2100%
6−7
−2100%
Full HD101
+573%
15
−573%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+2475%
4−5
−2475%
Hitman 3 30−35
+520%
5−6
−520%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+636%
10−12
−636%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+2650%
2−3
−2650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+783%
6−7
−783%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+161%
30−35
−161%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+2475%
4−5
−2475%
Hitman 3 30−35
+520%
5−6
−520%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+636%
10−12
−636%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+2650%
2−3
−2650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+783%
6−7
−783%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+280%
10−11
−280%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+161%
30−35
−161%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+2475%
4−5
−2475%
Hitman 3 30−35
+520%
5−6
−520%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+636%
10−12
−636%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+783%
6−7
−783%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+280%
10−11
−280%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+161%
30−35
−161%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+2767%
3−4
−2767%
Hitman 3 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
+4800%
2−3
−4800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14 0−1
Hitman 3 12−14 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+2600%
3−4
−2600%
Metro Exodus 16−18 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 9−10 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and HD Graphics 405 compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 2100% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 573% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 7970M Crossfire is 4800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 7970M Crossfire surpassed HD Graphics 405 in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.03 0.73
Recency 1 May 2012 1 April 2015
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 6 Watt

HD 7970M Crossfire has a 2095.9% higher aggregate performance score.

HD Graphics 405, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 3233.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.


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