AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

155
Place in performance rating
318
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Value for money (0-100)
23.32
GCN
Architecture
Kepler
Neptune CF
Code name
GK104
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 May 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
30 May 2013 (8 years ago)
$170
Price now
$1093
35.05
Value for money
1.04
Neptune CF
GPU code name
N14E-GTX
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
1536
850 MHz
Core clock speed
823 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
797 MHz
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Transistor count
3,540 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
122 Watt
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Texture fill rate
102.0
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Floating-point performance
2,448 gflops
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CUDA cores
1536
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
797 MHz
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Number of transistors
3,540 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
122 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M.

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Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0

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 Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2x 256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Standard memory configuration
GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
+
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VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
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eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
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LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
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HDCP content protection
+
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7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
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TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
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FXAA
+
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TXAA
+
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Verde Drivers
+
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
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Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
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Direct Compute
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 API
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OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 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 Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
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 Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

24.63% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($170 vs $1093)

More pipelines (2560 vs 1536)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

Less power consumption (122 Watt vs 200 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M?

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

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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