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Features Key features of the Radeon HD 8970
memory bandwidth Rate at which data can be read from or stored in onboard memory
pixel rate Number of pixels a graphics card can render to the screen every second
texture rate Speed at which a graphics card can perform texture mapping
floating point performance How fast the gpu can crunch numbers
shading units Subcomponents of the gpu, these run in parallel to enable fast pixel shading
texture mapping units Built into each gpu, these resize and rotate bitmaps for texturing scenes
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu
| GPU brand | AMD |
|---|---|
| GPU name | Curaçao XT |
| Market | Desktop |
| Clock speed | 1,050 MHz |
| Is dual GPU | No |
| Reference card | None |
raw performance
| Shading units | 2,560 |
|---|---|
| Texture mapping units | 128 |
| Render output processors | 48 |
| Compute units | 40 |
| Pixel rate | 50.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture rate | 168 GTexel/s |
| Floating-point performance | 5,376 GFLOPS |
memory
| Memory clock speed | 1,500 MHz |
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| Effective memory clock speed | 6,000 MHz |
| Memory bus | 384 bit |
| Memory | 3,072 MB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bandwidth | 288 GB/s |
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 | AMD Radeon HD 7970
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 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
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 | Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN
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 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 770
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 | AMD Radeon R9 290X
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 | AMD Radeon HD 7870
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 | AMD Radeon HD 7750
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