AMD Radeon HD 7970M
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M is a graphics card released on April 1, 2012, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, 153.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 850 MHz and a 75 W board power rating. It scores 3,576 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.
Depth: 35 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M scores 3,576 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 75.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #704), measured across 335 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 444.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon HD 7970M averages DirectX 9 63 fps, DirectX 10 16 fps, DirectX 11 21 fps, DirectX 12 18 fps and GPU Compute 1,423 ops/s, across 335 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 7970M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 850 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2012-06-30. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Wimbledon XT graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M runs at a base clock of 850 MHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 153.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M has a board power rating of 75 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M was released on April 1, 2012.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 7970M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 7970M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 7970M.
Naming and aliases
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon HD 7970M (Engineering Sample - WDDM v2.0).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 7970M have?
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 153.6 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 7970M use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M has a board power rating of 75 W.
How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 7970M?
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M scores 3,576 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 75.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #704. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 18 fps.
What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 7970M use?
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
When was the AMD Radeon HD 7970M released?
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M was released on April 1, 2012.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
1 filled value
- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Wimbledon -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
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