Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon E8870
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8970M |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 E8870 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 8970M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 8970M | | Radeon E8870 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Neptune (Neptune XT) | vs | Saturn (Saturn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 768 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 8970M | | Radeon E8870 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 8970M | | Radeon E8870 | |
|---|
| TDP | 100 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 14 May 2013 | vs | 29 Sep 2015 |
Radeon HD 8970M
28.80 GP/s
Radeon E8870
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 8970M
72.00 GT/s
Radeon E8870
48.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 8970M
153.60 GB/s
Radeon E8870
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 8970M
2304.00 GFLOPs
Radeon E8870
1536.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better