Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs PRO W7500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon PRO W7500 with Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, including specs and performance data.
PRO W7500 outperforms HD 7970M Crossfire by a whopping 122% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 141 | 344 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 100.00 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 35.13 | 5.53 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) | GCN (2012−2015) |
| GPU code name | Navi 33 | Wimbledon XT |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 August 2023 (1 year ago) | 1 May 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 1792 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1700 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 13,300 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 190.4 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.19 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | no data |
| TMUs | 112 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 28 | no data |
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 | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | no data |
| Length | 216 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1344 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 172.0 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 | 4x DisplayPort 2.1 | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
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 | 290−300
+120%
| 132
−120%
|
| Full HD | 220−230
+118%
| 101
−118%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 1.95 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27−30
+0%
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27−30
+0%
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+0%
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30−35
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
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50−55
+0%
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 27−30
+0%
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27−30
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
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| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
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| Valorant | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
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| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
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| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 110−120
+0%
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110−120
+0%
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| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
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| Valorant | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
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| World of Tanks | 200−210
+0%
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200−210
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Valorant | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| World of Tanks | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Valorant | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Valorant | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
This is how PRO W7500 and HD 7970M Crossfire compete in popular games:
- PRO W7500 is 120% faster in 900p
- PRO W7500 is 118% faster in 1080p
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 34.25 | 15.40 |
| Recency | 3 August 2023 | 1 May 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 200 Watt |
PRO W7500 has a 122.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 185.7% lower power consumption.
The Radeon PRO W7500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon PRO W7500 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a notebook one.
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