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    Radeon E9550 MXM vs Radeon HD 7970M

    Radeon E9550 MXM
    Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 27 Sep 2016
    Radeon E9550 MXM
    Radeon HD 7970M
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 24 Apr 2012
    Radeon HD 7970M

    Summary

    Reasons to consider Radeon E9550 MXM

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports FreeSync
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports TrueAudio
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970M

    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    Radeon E9550 MXM

    HWBench recommends Radeon E9550 MXM

    Based on theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    Radeon E9550 MXMRadeon HD 7970M
    GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)vsWimbledon (Wimbledon XT)
    Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size232 mm²vs212 mm²
    Transistors5,700 millionvs2,800 million
    Shaders2304vs1280
    Compute Units36vs20
    Core clock1120 MHzvs850 MHz
    ROPs32vs32
    TMUs144vs80

    Memory Configuration

    Radeon E9550 MXMRadeon HD 7970M
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed2000 MHz
    8000 MHz effective    		vs1200 MHz
    4800 MHz effective
    Memory Size8192 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    Radeon E9550 MXMRadeon HD 7970M
    TDP95 wattsvs100 watts
    Release Date27 Sep 2016vs24 Apr 2012

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • Radeon E9550 MXM
      40.50 GP/s
    • Radeon HD 7970M
      27.20 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • Radeon E9550 MXM
      182.30 GT/s
    • Radeon HD 7970M
      68.00 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • Radeon E9550 MXM
      256.00 GB/s
    • Radeon HD 7970M
      153.60 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • Radeon E9550 MXM
      5834.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon HD 7970M
      2176.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

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