AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM videocard review

Radeon HD 8970 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 January 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tahiti.

Core clock speed - 925 MHz. Texture fill rate - 118.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2048. Floating-point performance - 3,789 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 250 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3 GB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 264.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3583 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3583.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3339 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3339.000 Fps

Name	Value
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3583 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3583.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3339 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3339.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti
Launch date	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	727
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5