Radeon HD 8970M Overview

Radeon HD 8970M
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5MOBILE
Release date: 14 May 2013
Radeon HD 8970M

Core Configuration

GPU Neptune
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 1280 : 80 : 32
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 2304.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 153.60 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    556%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    419%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    367%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    343%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    341%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    301%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    263%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    262%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
    261%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    260%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
    259%
  • Radeon HD 7990
    257%
  • Radeon RX 480
    256%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    251%
  • GeForce GTX 690
    248%
  • Radeon R9 390
    247%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    247%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    241%
  • Radeon RX 470
    232%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    227%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    225%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    223%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    219%
  • Radeon R9 290
    214%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
    206%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    196%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
    196%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
    192%
  • GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
    191%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
    191%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    191%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    186%
  • Radeon R9 380
    170%
  • Radeon R9 380 OEM
    170%
  • GeForce GTX 980M
    170%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    155%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    152%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    150%
  • Radeon R9 285
    150%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    149%
  • Radeon HD 6990
    149%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    148%
  • GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
    148%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    144%
  • GeForce GTX 960 OEM
    144%
  • GeForce GTX 970M
    137%
  • Radeon R9 280
    136%
  • GeForce GTX 590
    135%
  • GeForce GTX 670
    129%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    126%
  • Radeon HD 7950 Boost
    126%
  • Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
    126%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    122%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    121%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 760 OEM
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 760 OEM Rebrand
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM Rebrand
    119%
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    118%
  • GeForce GTX 950 LP
    118%
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
    115%
  • Radeon R7 370
    114%
  • Radeon RX 460
    112%
  • GeForce GTX 880M
    110%
  • GeForce GTX 965M
    109%
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 2
    109%
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
    109%
  • Radeon R9 270
    108%
  • Radeon R9 370
    108%
  • GeForce GTX 780M
    105%
  • GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
    105%
  • Radeon HD 5970
    103%
  • GeForce GTX 870M
    100%
  • Radeon HD 8970M
    100%
  • Radeon R7 265
    95%
  • Radeon HD 7850
    94%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    94%
  • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
    94%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
    94%
  • Radeon HD 7970M
    93%
  • GeForce GTX 580
    91%
  • GeForce GTX 680M
    90%
  • GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
    90%
  • Radeon R7 360
    89%
  • Radeon R7 260X
    87%
  • Radeon HD 7790
    84%
  • Radeon HD 6970
    83%
  • GeForce GTX 570
    81%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    80%
  • Radeon HD 6950
    79%
  • GeForce GTX 480
    79%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
    78%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    78%
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    73%
  • GeForce GTX 770M
    73%
  • GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition
    73%
  • GeForce GTX 860M
    70%
  • GeForce GTX 860M Rev. 2
    70%
  • GeForce GTX 750
    67%
  • GeForce GTX 670MX
    66%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    66%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM
    65%
  • GeForce GTX 470
    65%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    64%
  • GeForce GT 740
    64%
  • GeForce GT 740 OEM
    64%
  • Radeon HD 6870
    63%
  • GeForce GTX 295
    61%
  • GeForce GTX 850M
    61%
  • GeForce GTX 950A
    61%
  • GeForce GTX 950M
    61%
  • GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition
    61%
  • Radeon HD 5870
    59%
  • Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
    59%
  • Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition
    59%
  • GeForce GTX 765M
    58%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    57%
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2
    57%
  • Radeon R7 250X
    55%
  • GeForce GTX 560
    55%
  • GeForce GTX 560 OEM
    55%
  • Radeon HD 6850
    52%
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    52%
  • GeForce GTX 465
    51%
  • GeForce GTX 460
    49%
  • GeForce GTX 675M
    46%
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    45%
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2
    45%
  • Radeon HD 5830
    45%
  • Radeon HD 6970M
    44%
  • Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
    44%
  • Radeon HD 6990M
    44%
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    43%
  • Radeon HD 6790
    42%
  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    42%
  • GeForce GTX 285
    41%
  • GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition
    41%
  • GeForce GTX 650
    40%
  • GeForce GT 755M
    38%
  • GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition
    38%
  • GeForce GTX 280
    38%
  • Radeon HD 8870M
    38%
  • Radeon HD 5770
    38%
  • Radeon HD 8670 OEM
    38%
  • Radeon R7 250
    38%
  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    36%
  • GeForce GTX 660M
    35%
  • GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
    35%
  • Radeon HD 6770
    35%
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    34%
  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    34%
  • GeForce GT 750M
    34%
  • GeForce GT 750M Mac Edition
    34%
  • GeForce 940A
    34%
  • GeForce 940M
    34%
  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    34%
  • Radeon HD 3850 X2
    33%
  • GeForce 840A
    33%
  • GeForce 840M
    33%
  • Radeon HD 4870
    33%
  • Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition
    33%
  • Radeon HD 7660D IGP
    32%
  • GeForce GT 640 GDDR5
    31%
  • Radeon HD 8730 OEM
    31%
  • GeForce GT 640
    30%
  • Radeon HD 5750
    30%
  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    30%
  • GeForce GT 650M
    29%
  • GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
    29%
  • Radeon HD 8790M
    29%
  • GeForce GTS 450
    29%
  • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
    29%
  • GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
    29%
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    29%
  • GeForce GTX 560M
    29%
  • Radeon HD 8750M
    28%
  • Radeon HD 6750
    28%
  • GeForce 930A
    28%
  • GeForce 930M
    28%
  • GeForce 930MX
    28%
  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7700K)
    28%
  • Radeon HD 4860
    27%
  • Radeon HD 6670
    27%
  • Radeon HD 8570 OEM
    26%
  • Radeon HD 8570 OEM Rebrand
    26%
  • Radeon HD 4850
    26%
  • Radeon R7 M260
    26%
  • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
    26%
  • GeForce GT 740A
    25%
  • GeForce GT 740M
    25%
  • GeForce GT 740M Rev. 2
    25%
  • Radeon R7 M265
    25%
  • Radeon R7 M265 Rev. 2
    25%
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    25%
  • GeForce GT 730A
    25%
  • GeForce GT 730M
    25%
  • GeForce GT 730M Rev. 2
    25%
  • GeForce GT 735M
    25%
  • Radeon HD 4770
    24%
  • Radeon R5 M230
    24%
  • Radeon R5 M230 Rev. 2
    24%
  • GeForce GT 640M
    24%
  • GeForce GT 640M LE
    24%
  • GeForce GT 640M LE Rev. 2
    24%
  • GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
    24%
  • GeForce 920A
    24%
  • GeForce 920M
    24%
  • GeForce 920MX
    24%
  • Radeon HD 4830
    23%
  • GeForce 9800 GTX+
    22%
  • GeForce 9800 GTX
    22%
  • Radeon HD 6570
    21%
  • Radeon HD 6570 OEM
    21%
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    21%
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    21%
  • Radeon HD 4730
    21%
  • Radeon HD 4730 OEM
    21%
  • Radeon HD 8670M
    21%
  • Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
    21%
  • Radeon HD 7670 OEM
    21%
  • Radeon HD 4810
    20%
  • Radeon HD 6770M
    20%
  • Radeon HD 6770M Mac Edition
    20%
  • Radeon HD 5670
    20%
  • Radeon R5 M330
    19%
  • GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2
    19%
  • Radeon HD 7670A
    19%
  • Radeon HD 7670M
    19%
  • GeForce GT 635 OEM
    19%
  • GeForce GT 550M
    18%
  • GeForce GT 555M
    18%
  • GeForce GTS 240 OEM
    18%
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    18%
  • Radeon HD 8570M
    17%
  • GeForce GT 720
    16%
  • GeForce GT 440
    16%
  • GeForce GT 820M
    16%
  • GeForce GT 630
    15%
  • GeForce GT 710
    15%
  • GeForce GT 710 OEM
    15%
  • Radeon HD 5570
    15%
  • Radeon HD 5570 OEM
    15%
  • GeForce 710A
    15%
  • GeForce 710M
    15%
  • GeForce GT 630M
    14%
  • GeForce GT 630M Rev. 2
    14%
  • GeForce GT 630M Rev. 3
    14%
  • GeForce GT 635M
    14%
  • GeForce GT 635M Rev. 2
    14%
  • GeForce GT 635M Rev. 3
    14%
  • Radeon HD 7750
    14%
  • GeForce GT 430
    14%
  • GeForce GT 430 OEM
    14%
  • GeForce GT 540M
    13%
  • Radeon HD 7650A
    12%
  • Radeon HD 7650M
    12%
  • GeForce GT 620
    10%
  • GeForce GT 620 OEM
    10%
  • GeForce GT 520
    7%
  • GeForce GT 520 OEM
    7%
  • GeForce GT 520 PCI
    7%
  • GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
    7%
  • GeForce GT 520M
    7%
  • GeForce GT 610
    7%
  • GeForce GT 610 OEM
    7%
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    7%
  • GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1
    7%
  • HD Graphics 4400 (Haswell GT2)
    7%
  • Radeon HD 6450
    7%
  • Radeon HD 6450 OEM
    7%
  • Radeon HD 5450
    4%
  • Radeon HD 5450 PCI
    4%
  • Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1
    4%
  • HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1)
    4%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 8970M is a graphics card released by AMD on 14 May 2013. The graphics card houses the Neptune die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 2,800 million transistors on a 28 nm, 212 mm2 die.

Radeon HD 8970M pros and cons

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



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon HD 8970MRadeon RX 460GeForce GTX 950 LPGeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3GeForce GTX 950
Radeon HD 8970MRadeon RX 460GeForce GTX 950 LPGeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3GeForce GTX 950
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Shader units12808967681024768
ROPs3216323232
Graphics processorNeptuneBaffinGM206GM206GM206
Process size28 nm14 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm
Memory4096 Mb GDDR5 (1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective)
Memory bus width256 bit128 bit128 bit128 bit128 bit
Memory bandwidth153.60 Gb/s112.00 Gb/s105.80 Gb/s80.20 Gb/s105.80 Gb/s
Release date14 May 201329 Jun 201614 May 20161 Jan 201620 Aug 2015

Benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 950
    8490
  • GeForce GTX 950 LP
    8490
  • Radeon RX 460
    8080
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
    7890
  • Radeon HD 8970M
    7190

Points (higher is better)