ATI Radeon IGP 340M vs HD 8970M

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8180 8210 8210E 8240 Mobile IGP 8250 8280 Mobile IGP 8280E 8310E 8310G 8330 Mobile IGP 8330E 8350G 8400 Mobile IGP 8400E 8410G 8450G 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics 8510G 8530M 8550G 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics 8550M 8570A 8570M 8590M 8610G 8610G IGP 8650G 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics 8650G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics 8650M 8670A 8670M 8690M 8730A 8730M 8750A 8750M 8770M 8790M 8830M 8850M 8870M 8950M 8970M 8970M Crossfire
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HD 8970M HD 8970M
ATI IGP 340M IGP 340M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5151605
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.14no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameNeptuneRS200
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 May 2013 (12 years ago)5 October 2002 (23 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 cores12802
Core clock speed850 MHz183 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz180 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rate72.000.37
Floating-point processing power2.304 TFLOPSno data
ROPs322
TMUs802
L1 Cache320 KBno data
L2 Cache512 KBno data

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1200 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/sno data
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 outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 8970M 3876
+193700%
Samples: 51
ATI IGP 340M 2
Samples: 4

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 HD53no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 50−55 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 0−1
Resident Evil 4 Remake 18−20 no data

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 40−45 no data
Counter-Strike 2 50−55 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 0−1
Far Cry 5 30−33 no data
Fortnite 55−60 no data
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%
Valorant 90−95
+296%
21−24
−296%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 40−45 no data
Counter-Strike 2 50−55 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 148
+1544%
9−10
−1544%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 0−1
Dota 2 65−70
+871%
7−8
−871%
Far Cry 5 30−33 no data
Fortnite 55−60 no data
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 39 no data
Metro Exodus 18−20 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
+675%
4−5
−675%
Valorant 90−95
+296%
21−24
−296%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 0−1
Dota 2 65−70
+871%
7−8
−871%
Far Cry 5 30−33 no data
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18
+350%
4−5
−350%
Valorant 90−95
+296%
21−24
−296%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 55−60 no data

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 70−75 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14 no data
Metro Exodus 10−11 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50 no data
Valorant 100−110 no data

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9 no data
Far Cry 5 20−22 no data
Forza Horizon 4 21−24 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 20−22 no data

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
Metro Exodus 5−6 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11 no data
Valorant 45−50 0−1

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−12 no data
Counter-Strike 2 4−5 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Dota 2 35−40 no data
Far Cry 5 9−10 no data
Forza Horizon 4 16−18 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 8970M is 1950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 8970M surpassed ATI IGP 340M in all 19 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Recency 14 May 2013 5 October 2002
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm

HD 8970M has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 543% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon IGP 340M. We've got no test results to judge.

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