AMD FireStream 9250
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
AMD FireStream 9250
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8970M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FireStream 9250 and AMD Radeon HD 8970M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

605
Place in performance rating
312
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Value for money (0-100)
31.66
TeraScale
Architecture
GCN
RV770
Code name
Neptune
Desktop
Type
Laptop
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
15 May 2013 (8 years ago)
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Price now
$135
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Value for money
8.93
RV770
GPU code name
Neptune
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FireStream 9250 and AMD Radeon HD 8970M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

800
Pipelines
1280
625 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
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Boost Clock
900 MHz
956 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
25.00
Texture fill rate
72.00
1,000.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,304 gflops
800
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
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Boost clock speed
900 MHz
956 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FireStream 9250 and AMD Radeon HD 8970M.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FireStream 9250 and AMD Radeon HD 8970M can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1986 MHz
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
63.55 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FireStream 9250 and AMD Radeon HD 8970M, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FireStream 9250 and AMD Radeon HD 8970M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

10.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FireStream 9250 and AMD Radeon HD 8970M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FireStream 9250 or AMD Radeon HD 8970M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FireStream 9250
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FireStream 9250
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FireStream 9250
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FireStream 9250
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FireStream 9250
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FireStream 9250

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8970M

12.56% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 800)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 63.55 GB/s)

So, AMD FireStream 9250 or AMD Radeon HD 8970M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 8970M .

AMD FireStream 9250 versus AMD Radeon HD 8970M performance benchmarks comparison

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