AMD Radeon HD 7970M X2: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Radeon HD 7970M X2 sales 24 April 2012. This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 1.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4.8 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 153.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 200 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Radeon HD 7970M X2: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | |
| GPU code name | Wimbledon | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 24 April 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Radeon HD 7970M X2's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 7970M X2's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1280 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon HD 7970M X2 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | |
| Width | MXM Module | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 7970M X2: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 4.8 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon HD 7970M X2. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Radeon HD 7970M X2, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.1 (1.2) | |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon HD 7970M X2 according to our statistics.
