AMD Radeon HD 8740 vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 Full Specs

Summary

512 Shaders 800MHz	2,048 Shaders 1.05GHz
1GB GDDR572GB/s	3GB GDDR5288GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 819.2 GFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.3 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 55W	TDP 250W
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin 1x 6-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

Radeon HD 8740819.2 GFLOPSFP32

x1

Radeon HD 89704.3 TFLOPSFP32

x5.25

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed800MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1050MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 819.2 GFLOPSFP32	Peak OPS 4.3 TFLOPSFP32
FP32 819.2 GFLOPS	FP32 4.3 TFLOPS
FP64 51.2 GFLOPS	FP64 1.07 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 12.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 33.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 25.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 134.4 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 512 Shaders	Shaders 2,048 Shaders
TMUs 32 TMUs	TMUs 128 TMUs
ROPs 16 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
CUs 8 CUs	CUs 32 CUs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1GHz
Boost Clock 800MHz	Boost Clock 1.05GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 256KB shared

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

1GB GDDR5	3GB GDDR5
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 4.5GT/s	Memory Speed 6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 72GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 288GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 55W

TDP 250W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 3

Multi-Monitor 3

Ports

1x DisplayPort 1.2	-
-	2x Mini DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 1.4	1x HDMI 1.4
1x DVI-I Dual-Link	1x DVI-I Dual-Link

Encoder

Encoder Model VCE 1.0

Encoder Model VCE 1.0

Decoder

Decoder Model UVD 4.0

Decoder Model UVD 3.2

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 1-Slots	PCIe 2-Slots
-	Height 111 mm (4.37") Width 275 mm (10.83") Depth 38 mm (1.5")
Cooling Open-Air 1x Fan	Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin, 1x 6-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer AMD	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture GCN 1	Architecture GCN 1
Family Radeon HD 8000	Family Radeon HD 8000
Branding	Branding
Codename Cape Verde	Codename Tahiti
Chip Variant Cape Verde LE	Chip Variant Tahiti LE
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Sep 5, 2013	Release Date Jan 8, 2013

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 28nm	Fabrication Node 28nm
Die Size 123mm²	Die Size 352mm²
Transistor Count 1.5 Billion	Transistor Count 4.3 Billion
Transistor Density 12.2 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 12.25 MTr/mm²

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