AMD has officially launched its latest HD 7900M Series mobile discrete graphics processing unit "HD 7970M". Based on the Cayman core architecture, HD 7970M features the latest 28nm design providing the best quality visuals for gaming laptops.
The Radeon HD 7970M is the laptop equivalent of the HD 7870 (desktop) although features slightly decrease clock frequencies. Complete specifications below:
- 1280 Graphics CoreNext stream processors
- 80 TMUs
- 32 ROPs
- 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface
- 2GB Memory buffer
The core clock is maintained at 850 MHz and memory clock at 1200 MHz (4.80 GHz GDDR5 effective) which amounts to a total memory bandwidth of 153.6 GB/s. The HD 7970M features the AMD ZeroCore technology and AMD Enduro Technology which drops the power consumption under 1W when switched to idle mode hence saving battery life.
AMD Radeon HD 7970M launches today and would be shipped from various laptop manufacturer's today.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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