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AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- Graphics Processor
- Neptune
- Cores
- 1280
- TMUs
- 80
- ROPs
- 32
- Memory Size
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 256 bit
GPU
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1600x900
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
The Radeon HD 8970M was a mobile graphics chip by AMD, launched on May 14th, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Neptune graphics processor, in its Neptune XT variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_1, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The Neptune graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 212 mm² and 2,800 million transistors. It features 1280 shading units, 80 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 4 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon HD 8970M, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 850 MHz, which can be boosted up to 900 MHz, memory is running at 1200 MHz (4.8 Gbps effective).
Being a mxm module card, its power draw is rated at 100 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. Radeon HD 8970M is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface.
Being a mxm module card, its power draw is rated at 100 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. Radeon HD 8970M is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface.
Graphics Processor
Mobile Graphics
- Release Date
- May 14th, 2013
- Generation
-
Solar System
(HD 8900M)
- Predecessor
- London
- Successor
- Gem System
- Production
- End-of-life
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 850 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 900 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1200 MHz
4.8 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 153.6 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 1280
- TMUs
- 80
- ROPs
- 32
- Compute Units
- 20
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per CU)
- L2 Cache
- 512 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 28.80 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 72.00 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 2.304 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 144.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- MXM Module
- TDP
- 100 W
- Outputs
- Portable Device Dependent
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (11_1)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.1 (1.2)
- Vulkan
- 1.2.170
- Shader Model
- 6.5 (5.1)
Neptune GPU Notes
| Generation: Southern Islands Desktop Variant: Pitcairn / Curacao / Trinidad Mobile Variant: Wimbledon Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx601) Display Core Engine: 6.0 Unified Video Decoder: 4.0 Video Compression Engine: 1.0 CLRX: GCN 1.0 |
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