AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

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 757
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