GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

Place in the ranking	301	5
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	36.63
Power efficiency	6.43	16.27
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Neptune CF	GB203
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	2560	10752
Core clock speed	850 MHz	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	2617 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	360 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	879.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	56.28 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	128
TMUs	no data	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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
Interface	no data	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	no data	16 GB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	960.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
CUDA	-	10.1

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 HD

−348%

300−350
+348%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

3.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +267%	9−10 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −332%	160−170 +332%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −350%	270−280 +350%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +267%	9−10 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −332%	160−170 +332%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −349%	350−400 +349%
Forza Horizon 5	50−55 −340%	220−230 +340%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −351%	230−240 +351%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +1367%	3−4 −1367%
Valorant	75−80 −300%	300−310 +300%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −350%	270−280 +350%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +267%	9−10 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −332%	160−170 +332%
Dota 2	65−70 −355%	300−310 +355%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +1180%	5−6 −1180%
Fortnite	100−105 −350%	450−500 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −349%	350−400 +349%
Forza Horizon 5	50−55 −340%	220−230 +340%
Grand Theft Auto V	65−70 −355%	300−310 +355%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −351%	230−240 +351%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +3100%	4−5 −3100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +1367%	3−4 −1367%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +1350%	4−5 −1350%
Valorant	75−80 −300%	300−310 +300%
World of Tanks	128 +1500%	8−9 −1500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −350%	270−280 +350%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +267%	9−10 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −332%	160−170 +332%
Dota 2	65−70 −355%	300−310 +355%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +1180%	5−6 −1180%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −349%	350−400 +349%
Forza Horizon 5	50−55 −340%	220−230 +340%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +3100%	4−5 −3100%
Valorant	75−80 −300%	300−310 +300%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	27−30 −348%	130−140 +348%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−33 −333%	130−140 +333%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 −349%	750−800 +349%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −341%	75−80 +341%
World of Tanks	120−130 −330%	550−600 +330%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −347%	170−180 +347%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −338%	70−75 +338%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −333%	65−70 +333%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +1125%	4−5 −1125%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −338%	210−220 +338%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 −348%	130−140 +348%
Metro Exodus	40−45 −352%	190−200 +352%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −323%	110−120 +323%
Valorant	45−50 +1100%	4−5 −1100%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +157%	7−8 −157%
Dota 2	30−35 +113%	14−16 −113%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −338%	140−150 +338%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60 −346%	250−260 +346%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −317%	50−55 +317%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −338%	140−150 +338%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −344%	80−85 +344%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +157%	7−8 −157%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Dota 2	30−35 −338%	140−150 +338%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −317%	100−105 +317%
Fortnite	21−24 −355%	100−105 +355%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −329%	120−130 +329%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 −333%	65−70 +333%
Valorant	21−24	0−1

This is how HD 8970M Crossfire and RTX 5080 compete in popular games:

RTX 5080 is 348% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 8970M Crossfire is 3100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, HD 8970M Crossfire surpassed RTX 5080 in all 17 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.68	85.08
Recency	1 May 2012	30 January 2025
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	360 Watt

HD 8970M Crossfire has 80% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 355.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5080 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.