Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs GeForce GTX 285M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1044 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.44 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | G92 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 February 2010 (16 years ago) | 8 January 2013 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 | 118.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.384 TFLOPS | 3.789 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 576 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 128 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 768 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 274 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| SLI options | 2-way | - |
| MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 1020 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 61 GB/s | 264.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2010 | 8 January 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 250 Watt |
GTX 285M has 233% lower power consumption.
HD 8970 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285M and Radeon HD 8970 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 285M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 8970 OEM is a desktop one.
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