Arc Pro A30M vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire with Arc Pro A30M, including specs and performance data.

HD 8970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
18.71
+23.2%

HD 8970M Crossfire outperforms Arc Pro A30M by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking292348
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.5021.12
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNeptune CFDG2-128
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 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 cores25601024
Core clock speed850 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data128.0
Floating-point processing powerno data4.096 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD68
+23.6%
55−60
−23.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+25%
24−27
−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+43.3%
30−33
−43.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+26%
50−55
−26%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+25%
24−27
−25%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+27.5%
40−45
−27.5%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+25.3%
95−100
−25.3%
Hitman 3 35−40
+23.3%
30−33
−23.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+24%
75−80
−24%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+32%
50−55
−32%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+27.5%
40−45
−27.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+26%
50−55
−26%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+27.1%
70−75
−27.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+43.3%
30−33
−43.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+26%
50−55
−26%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+25%
24−27
−25%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+27.5%
40−45
−27.5%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+25.3%
95−100
−25.3%
Hitman 3 35−40
+23.3%
30−33
−23.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+24%
75−80
−24%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+32%
50−55
−32%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+27.5%
40−45
−27.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+26%
50−55
−26%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+43.3%
30−33
−43.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+27.1%
70−75
−27.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+43.3%
30−33
−43.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+25%
24−27
−25%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+25.3%
95−100
−25.3%
Hitman 3 35−40
+23.3%
30−33
−23.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+24%
75−80
−24%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+26%
50−55
−26%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+43.3%
30−33
−43.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+27.1%
70−75
−27.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+27.5%
40−45
−27.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+23.3%
30−33
−23.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+38.1%
21−24
−38.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+23.5%
85−90
−23.5%
Hitman 3 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+29.6%
27−30
−29.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+26.7%
30−33
−26.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+26.7%
90−95
−26.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Hitman 3 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+30.7%
75−80
−30.7%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+25%
16−18
−25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+23.8%
21−24
−23.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%

This is how HD 8970M Crossfire and Arc Pro A30M compete in popular games:

  • HD 8970M Crossfire is 24% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.71 15.19
Recency 1 May 2012 8 August 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 50 Watt

HD 8970M Crossfire has a 23.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Arc Pro A30M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Arc Pro A30M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.


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