AMD Radeon HD 7970M X2 vs Apple 8-Core M4 Full Specs
2,560 Shaders 850MHz | 1,024 Shaders 1.58GHz |
4GB GDDR5307.2GB/s placeholder | Shared Memory120GB/sLPDDR5X |
·· 4.35 TFLOPS | ·· 3.23 TFLOPS |
Form Factor MXM-B | Form Factor iGPU |
TDP 75W | TDP Shared |
Clock Speed ·· | Clock Speed ·· |
Peak OPS 4.35 TFLOPSFP32 | Peak OPS 3.23 TFLOPSFP16 |
FP32 4.35 TFLOPS | FP32 3.23 TFLOPS |
FP64 272 GFLOPS | - |
Pixel Rate 27.2 GPixel/s | Pixel Rate 50.5 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate 68 GTexel/s | Texture Rate 101 GTexel/s |
Shaders 2,560 Shaders | Shaders 1,024 Shaders |
TMUs 160 TMUs | TMUs 64 TMUs |
ROPs 64 ROPs | ROPs 32 ROPs |
RT Cores - | RT Cores 8 RT-Cores |
CUs 40 CUs | EUs 128 EUs |
Boost Clock 850MHz | Boost Clock 1.58GHz |
L2 Cache 512KB shared | L2 Cache 2MB shared |
4GB GDDR5 placeholder | Shared MemoryLPDDR5X |
Memory Bus 256-bit | Memory Bus 128-bit |
Memory Speed 4.8GT/s | Memory Speed 7.5GT/s |
Memory Bandwidth 307.2GB/s | Memory Bandwidth 120GB/s |
ECC No | ECC No |
TDP 75W | TDP Shared |
Multi-Monitor 3 | Multi-Monitor 2 |
Encoder Model VCE 1.0 | Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3 |
Decoder Model UVD 4.0 | Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3 |
Form Factor MXM-B | Form Factor iGPU |
Manufacturer | Manufacturer |
Chip Designer | Chip Designer |
Architecture | Architecture |
Family | Family |
Branding ![]() | Branding ![]() |
Codename Pitcairn | Codename G16G |
Chip Variant Pitcairn Pro | Chip Variant - |
Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Laptop |
Release Date Apr 24, 2012 | Release Date Oct 28, 2024 |
Foundry TSMC | Foundry TSMC |
Fabrication Node 28nm | Fabrication Node N3E |
Die Size 212mm² | Die Size 169mm² |
Transistor Count 2.8 Billion | Transistor Count 28 Billion |
Transistor Density 13.21 MTr/mm² | Transistor Density 165 MTr/mm² |
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CPUs - | CPUs |
All-in-Ones - | All-in-Ones |



