AMD Radeon HD 7970M

The AMD Radeon HD 7970M is a AMD graphics card released in 2012 in the Radeon HD 7970M generation. It carries 2 GB of video memory. Rated power draw is 75 W.

Released2012
Memory2 GB
Clock850 MHz
Power75 W
Atlas performance index29 model estimate

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BrandAMD
FamilyRadeon HD 7970M
Released2012
Video memory2 GB
Base clock850 MHz
Boost clock–
Power (TDP)75 W
Process–
Launch price–
Atlas performance index29 model estimate

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