Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8970 OEM |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 280X |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 8970 OEM | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 8970 OEM | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 8970 OEM | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Jan 2013 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 8970 OEM
29.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 8970 OEM
118.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 8970 OEM
264.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 8970 OEM
3789.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better