Xbox One S GPU vs Radeon HD 7970M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking473not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.43no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameWimbledonDurango 2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date24 April 2012 (12 years ago)2 August 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores1280768
Core clock speed850 MHz914 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate68.0043.87
Floating-point processing power2.176 TFLOPS1.404 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8048

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)IGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s68.22 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 April 2012 2 August 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 95 Watt

Xbox One S GPU has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 5.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7970M and Xbox One S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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