Radeon HD 7970M vs Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970M |
150 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition . |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970M | | Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition | |
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GPU Name | Wimbledon (Wimbledon XT) | vs | Amethyst (Amethyst XT) |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 5,000 million |
Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2048 |
Compute Units | 20 | vs | 32 |
Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 909 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970M | | Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1365 MHz
5460 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7970M | | Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition | |
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TDP | 100 watts | vs | 250 watts |
Release Date | 24 Apr 2012 | vs | 5 May 2015 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better