Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs R9 M290X Crossfire
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 336 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.59 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN (2012−2015) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Neptune CF | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 March 2014 (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 | 2560 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2x 2800 Million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 118.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.789 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 128 |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 274 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 264.0 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 Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 11_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2014 | 8 January 2013 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 250 Watt |
R9 M290X Crossfire has an age advantage of 1 year, and 25% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon HD 8970 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 8970 OEM is a desktop one.
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