Radeon R9 M365X vs HD 7970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M365X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
14.46
+308%

HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms R9 M365X by a whopping 308% 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 ranking399776
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.57no data
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTTropo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2012 (13 years ago)5 May 2015 (10 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 cores2560640
Compute unitsno data10
Core clock speed850 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data37.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.184 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40
L1 Cacheno data160 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16

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 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72 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 dataNo outputs
Eyefinity-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync-+
HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantle-+

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
+340%
30−35
−340%
Full HD102
+325%
24−27
−325%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+531%
12−14
−531%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+343%
7−8
−343%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 30−35
+520%
5−6
−520%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 60−65
+392%
12−14
−392%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+531%
12−14
−531%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+343%
7−8
−343%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+380%
10−11
−380%
Fortnite 80−85
+315%
20−22
−315%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+259%
16−18
−259%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+411%
9−10
−411%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+260%
14−16
−260%
Valorant 120−130
+139%
50−55
−139%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 60−65
+392%
12−14
−392%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+531%
12−14
−531%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 190−200
+203%
65−70
−203%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+343%
7−8
−343%
Dota 2 90−95
+182%
30−35
−182%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+380%
10−11
−380%
Fortnite 80−85
+315%
20−22
−315%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+259%
16−18
−259%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+411%
9−10
−411%
Grand Theft Auto V 55−60
+450%
10−11
−450%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+417%
6−7
−417%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+260%
14−16
−260%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+255%
10−12
−255%
Valorant 120−130
+139%
50−55
−139%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 60−65
+392%
12−14
−392%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+343%
7−8
−343%
Dota 2 90−95
+182%
30−35
−182%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+380%
10−11
−380%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+259%
16−18
−259%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+260%
14−16
−260%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+255%
10−12
−255%
Valorant 120−130
+139%
50−55
−139%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 80−85
+315%
20−22
−315%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+250%
8−9
−250%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 100−110
+304%
27−30
−304%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+370%
30−33
−370%
Valorant 150−160
+317%
35−40
−317%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
+310%
10−11
−310%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+300%
9−10
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Valorant 80−85
+350%
18−20
−350%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Dota 2 50−55
+382%
10−12
−382%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and R9 M365X compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 340% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 325% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Grand Theft Auto V, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 7970M Crossfire is 2300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 7970M Crossfire surpassed R9 M365X in all 54 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 14.46 3.54
Recency 1 May 2012 5 May 2015

HD 7970M Crossfire has a 308.5% higher aggregate performance score.

R9 M365X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years.

The Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M365X in performance tests.

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