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

General info

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

155
Place in performance rating
186
GCN
Architecture
Kepler
Neptune CF
Code name
N14E-GTX
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 May 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
30 May 2013 (8 years ago)
$170
Price now
$149
35.05
Value for money
31.02
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 SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
3072
850 MHz
Core clock speed
823 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
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no data
Transistor count
7080 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
no data
Number of transistors
7080 Million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
200 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 SLI.

large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+

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 SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2x 4 GB
2x 256 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
-
Shared memory
-

Technologies

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

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3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
Verde Drivers
+

API support

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

DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI 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 SLI 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 SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
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

6.2% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI

Cheaper ($149 vs $170)

More pipelines (3072 vs 2560)

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

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 SLI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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