Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire vs Pro WX 7100

Place in the ranking	270	297
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.72	no data
Power efficiency	10.74	6.40
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	Neptune CF
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	10 November 2016 (8 years ago)	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2304	2560
Core clock speed	1188 MHz	850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1243 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	179.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.728 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	144	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 3.0 x16	no data
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 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

no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

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:

Full HD

70−75
+4.5%

−4.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

11.41

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35
+10%

30−33

−10%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +4.7%	40−45 −4.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +6.3%	30−35 −6.3%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +6.3%	60−65 −6.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +5.1%	35−40 −5.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +6.7%	45−50 −6.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +7.8%	50−55 −7.8%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +5.9%	110−120 −5.9%
Hitman 3	40−45 +8.1%	35−40 −8.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +5.4%	90−95 −5.4%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +7.6%	65−70 −7.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +7.8%	50−55 −7.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +7.9%	60−65 −7.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +4.5%	85−90 −4.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +4.7%	40−45 −4.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +6.3%	30−35 −6.3%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +6.3%	60−65 −6.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +5.1%	35−40 −5.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +6.7%	45−50 −6.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +7.8%	50−55 −7.8%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +5.9%	110−120 −5.9%
Hitman 3	40−45 +8.1%	35−40 −8.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +5.4%	90−95 −5.4%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +7.6%	65−70 −7.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +7.8%	50−55 −7.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +7.9%	60−65 −7.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +7%	40−45 −7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +4.5%	85−90 −4.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +4.7%	40−45 −4.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +6.3%	30−35 −6.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +5.1%	35−40 −5.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +6.7%	45−50 −6.7%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +5.9%	110−120 −5.9%
Hitman 3	40−45 +8.1%	35−40 −8.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +5.4%	90−95 −5.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +7.9%	60−65 −7.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +7%	40−45 −7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +4.5%	85−90 −4.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60
+7.8%

50−55

−7.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +5.4%	35−40 −5.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +6.9%	27−30 −6.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +11.8%	16−18 −11.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +9.1%	21−24 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +8.6%	100−110 −8.6%
Hitman 3	24−27 +9.1%	21−24 −9.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +7.7%	35−40 −7.7%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +10.5%	35−40 −10.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +9.1%	21−24 −9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +5.3%	110−120 −5.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+6.3%

30−35

−6.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 +5.3%	18−20 −5.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Hitman 3	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +8.2%	95−100 −8.2%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +10%	20−22 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +7.7%	24−27 −7.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+5.9%

16−18

−5.9%

This is how Pro WX 7100 and HD 8970M Crossfire compete in popular games:

Pro WX 7100 is 4% faster in 1080p

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

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Pro WX 7100 is 14% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro WX 7100 is ahead in 70 tests (97%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.32	18.64
Recency	10 November 2016	1 May 2012
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	200 Watt

Pro WX 7100 has a 9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 53.8% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon Pro WX 7100 and Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 7100 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.