Radeon HD 8970M vs 7970M |
Released May, 2013
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- 850 MHz
- 4 GB GDDR5
8.2 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
8.2 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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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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| 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 | |||
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| Better 3DMark06 score | 22,370.5 | vs | 18,211.5 | Around 25% better 3DMark06 score | |||
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