Radeon RX 560 896SP vs HD 7970M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking518not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.50no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameWimbledonPolaris 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date24 April 2012 (13 years ago)4 July 2017 (8 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 cores1280896
Core clock speed850 MHz1090 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1175 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate68.0065.80
Floating-point processing power2.176 TFLOPS2.106 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8056

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s112.0 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 April 2012 4 July 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 45 Watt

RX 560 896SP has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 122.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7970M and Radeon RX 560 896SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 560 896SP is a desktop one.

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