Radeon Vega 7 vs HD 7970M

Place in the ranking	476	533
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Power efficiency	6.39	11.44
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Wimbledon	Cezanne
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	24 April 2012 (12 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 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 cores	1280	448
Core clock speed	850 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	68.00	53.20
Floating-point processing power	2.176 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	80	28

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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2

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 9.28
+24.1%

Vega 7 7.48

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 5645
+7.6%

Vega 7 5249

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD 7970M 4694
+40.2%

Vega 7 3348

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 7970M 31869
+28.9%

Vega 7 24726

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:

900p	84 +29.2%	65−70 −29.2%
Full HD	61 +165%	23 −165%
1440p	30−35 +20%	25 −20%
4K	18−20 +20%	15 −20%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +20%	14−16 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +28.6%	14−16 −28.6%
Elden Ring	24−27 +85.7%	14 −85.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +20%	14−16 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +28.6%	14−16 −28.6%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +27.6%	29 −27.6%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +19%	21 −19%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −8%	27 +8%
Valorant	30−35 +17.2%	29 −17.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +20%	14−16 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +28.6%	14−16 −28.6%
Dota 2	30−35 +94.1%	17 −94.1%
Elden Ring	24−27 +62.5%	16 −62.5%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +39.3%	28 −39.3%
Fortnite	50−55 +22.7%	40−45 −22.7%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +54.2%	24 −54.2%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +37.5%	24−27 −37.5%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +66.7%	15 −66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +56.5%	46 −56.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +19%	21−24 −19%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +21.7%	21−24 −21.7%
Valorant	30−35 +143%	14 −143%
World of Tanks	121 +109%	58 −109%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +20%	14−16 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +28.6%	14−16 −28.6%
Dota 2	30−35 +37.5%	24−27 −37.5%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +18.2%	30−35 −18.2%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +76.2%	21 −76.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +20%	60−65 −20%
Valorant	30−35 +36%	25 −36%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Elden Ring	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +28.6%	35−40 −28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
World of Tanks	65−70 +24.1%	50−55 −24.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry 5	20−22 +25%	16−18 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 +42.9%	14−16 −42.9%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +41.7%	12−14 −41.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Valorant	21−24 +21.1%	18−20 −21.1%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Dota 2	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Elden Ring	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +22.7%	21−24 −22.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Dota 2	20−22 +25%	16−18 −25%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Fortnite	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Valorant	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%

This is how HD 7970M and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

HD 7970M is 29% faster in 900p
HD 7970M is 165% faster in 1080p
HD 7970M is 20% faster in 1440p
HD 7970M is 20% faster in 4K

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

in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the HD 7970M is 200% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Vega 7 is 8% faster.

All in all, in popular games: