Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs HD 7340

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1315not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.57no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameLovelandTahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 June 2012 (13 years ago)8 January 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$552.69 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores802048
Core clock speed523 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speed680 MHzno data
Number of transistors450 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate4.184118.4
Floating-point processing power0.08368 TFLOPS3.789 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs8128

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data274 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared3 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1375 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data264.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2012 8 January 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 250 Watt

HD 7340 has 1288.9% lower power consumption.

HD 8970 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7340 and Radeon HD 8970 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

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