Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs R5 240 OEM
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Oland | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 November 2013 (11 years ago) | 8 January 2013 (12 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 | 384 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 730 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 780 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 950 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 18.72 | 118.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.599 TFLOPS | 3.789 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 128 |
| L1 Cache | 96 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 274 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 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 type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 264.0 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2013 | 8 January 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 250 Watt |
R5 240 OEM has an age advantage of 9 months, and 400% lower power consumption.
HD 8970 OEM, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 240 OEM and Radeon HD 8970 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
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