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AMD Radeon HD 8970M
GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon HD 8970M based on its compute performance.
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Released May, 2013
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- 850 MHz
- 4 GB GDDR5
8.9 Out of 10
by Niels-Broekhuijsen (May, 2013)The Radeon HD 8970M GPU will feature 1280 stream processors, 80 TMUs, 128 Z/Stencil ROPs, and 32 Color ROPs.
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Released April, 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
- 850 MHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
8.7 Out of 10
by Joel-Hruska (Mar, 2013)The productivity improvements from a dual display are very real, and while 3x monitors are only a boost if you work with multiple full-screen programs simultaneously, the additional cost is smaller if you’re looking to build a dual-monitor workstation to begin with.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 8970M vs 7970M
Gaming | |
Real world tests using the latest 3D games | |
| BioShock Infinite, Crysis 3, Dead Space 3, Diablo III and 1 more | |
Benchmarks | |
Synthetic tests to measure overall performance | |
| Passmark, 3DMark 11 Graphics, 3DMark Vantage Graphics and 3DMark06 | |
Compute Performance | |
General computing tests executed on the GPU | |
| Passmark Direct Compute and CLBenchmark Raytrace | |
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Gaming, Benchmarks and Compute Performance | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly more memory | 4,096 MB | vs | 2,048 MB | 2x more memory | |||
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| Slightly better passmark score | 4,165 | vs | 3,813 | Around 10% better passmark score | |||
| Higher call of duty: modern warfare 3 framerate | 109.2 fps | vs | 80.05 fps | More than 35% higher call of duty: modern warfare 3 framerate | |||
| Higher diablo III framerate | 115.8 fps | vs | 94.1 fps | Around 25% higher diablo III framerate | |||
| Better passmark direct compute score | 2,086 | vs | 1,856 | More than 10% better passmark direct compute score | |||
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| Better 3DMark06 score | 22,370.5 | vs | 18,211.5 | Around 25% better 3DMark06 score | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 8970M vs 7970M
Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance
Radeon HD 7970M | by Jarred-Walton (Jun, 2013)There have also been a few other minor concerns, with the short summary being that it’s not really fair to try to compare performance across a wide suite of benchmarks.
3DMark 11 Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 11 GPU performance
BioShock Infinite 1920 x 1080 - Ultra preset + DX11 (DDOF)
Radeon HD 8970M | by Jarred-Walton (May, 2013)However, check out the list of games with ATI branding from the last year or so: Far Cry 3 (and the spin-off FC3 Blood Dragon), SimCity, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Crysis 3, DmC (Devil May Cry), Hitman: Absolution, Sleeping Dogs, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution are all on the list, and outside of DmC and Sleeping Dogs I’d say all of those are names that any gamer would recognize and most of those games have been good if not excellent.
Crysis 3 1920 x 1080 - Very High preset + 16xAF + 2xSMAA
Radeon HD 7970M | by Joel-Hruska (Mar, 2013)The Titan is definitely better than the other cards, but just one of them can’ t handle Crysis 3 smoothly at these resolutions and detail levels.
