Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon R9 M290
Radeon HD 8970M
Radeon R9 M290
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1280 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
900MHz
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1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
975MHz
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FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
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FP32
2 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
100W
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TDP
80W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
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OCT Metal - N/A
0%
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OCT Metal - N/A
0%
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Chip Designer
AMD
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Chip Designer
AMD
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Architecture
GCN 1
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Architecture
GCN 1
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Family
Radeon HD 8000
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Family
Radeon R 200
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Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Neptune XT
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Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Neptune XT
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Release Date
1/8/2013
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Release Date
5/31/2014
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Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
212 mm²
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Die Size
212 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
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Form
Soldered
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
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Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Compute Units
20 CUs
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Compute Units
16 CUs
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850MHz Base
900MHz
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850MHz Base
975MHz
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FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
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FP32
2 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.12 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
31.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
72 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
62.4 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
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L2
512KB Shared
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4GB
GDDR5
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4GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
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Bus Width
256Bit
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Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
4.8GT/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
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Clock
1365MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
174.7GB/s
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TDP
100W
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TDP
80W
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No Ports
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No Ports
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Max Resolution
4096x2160
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Max Resolution
4096x2160
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Model
VCE 1.0
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Model
VCE 1.0
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 4.0
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Model
UVD 4.0
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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