AMD Radeon HD 8970M videocard review

Radeon HD 8970M videocard released by AMD; release date: 14 May 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Neptune.

Core clock speed - 850 MHz. Boost clock speed - 850 MHz. Texture fill rate - 72 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1280. Floating-point performance - 2,304 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 100 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 153.6 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768	261.30
Medium, 1366x768	238.30
High, 1366x768	219.70

Call of Duty Infinite Warfare (2016)

Low, 1280x720	80.50
Medium, 1366x768	74.50
High, 1920x1080	51.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	46.10

Titanfall 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	144.00
Medium, 1366x768	139.00
High, 1920x1080	60.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	54.00

Farming Simulator 17 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	190.00
Medium, 1366x768	158.00
High, 1920x1080	124.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	54.00

Battlefield 1 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	149.30
Medium, 1366x768	99.90
High, 1920x1080	53.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	50.10

Mafia 3 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	42.20
Medium, 1366x768	28.90
High, 1920x1080	16.10

Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016)

Low, 1280x720	62.10
Medium, 1366x768	47.70
High, 1920x1080	27.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	16.60

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)

Low, 1280x720	81.50
Medium, 1366x768	60.30
High, 1920x1080	33.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	15.00

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x720	172.30
Medium, 1366x768	126.60
High, 1920x1080	116.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	54.20

Doom (2016)

Low, 1280x720	74.70
Medium, 1366x768	69.30
High, 1920x1080	42.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	40.80

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	52.40
Medium, 1366x768	47.80
High, 1920x1080	31.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.30

The Division (2016)

Low, 1280x720	82.60
Medium, 1366x768	54.10
High, 1920x1080	29.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	24.80

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Low, 1280x720	101.00
Medium, 1920x1080	50.00
High, 1920x1080	44.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	35.00

XCOM 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	88.70
Medium, 1920x1080	39.70
High, 1920x1080	25.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	25.00

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x768	85.00
Medium, 1366x768	54.00
High, 1920x1080	31.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	23.40

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768	212.70
Medium, 1366x768	139.60
High, 1920x1080	81.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	65.10

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x768	62.90
Medium, 1366x768	56.90
High, 1920x1080	38.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	19.40

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768	87.20
Medium, 1366x768	71.00
High, 1920x1080	55.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	48.20

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x720	96.60
Medium, 1366x768	66.80
High, 1920x1080	39.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	30.90

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	106.00
Medium, 1366x768	64.90
High, 1920x1080	32.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.10

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x768	166.80
Medium, 1366x768	145.00
High, 1920x1080	101.70

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	81.90
Medium, 1366x768	53.60
High, 1920x1080	30.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	17.70

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768	196.00
Medium, 1366x768	124.60
High, 1920x1080	82.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	49.50

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768	138.10
Medium, 1366x768	127.90
High, 1920x1080	55.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	23.10

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	182.70
Medium, 1366x768	139.00
High, 1920x1080	102.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	87.20

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x720	60.00
Medium, 1280x720	60.00
High, 1920x1080	57.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	46.00

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x768	82.20
Medium, 1366x768	74.20
High, 1366x768	63.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	42.90

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	55.10
Medium, 1366x768	50.90
High, 1366x768	49.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	35.90

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	81.70
Medium, 1366x768	46.30
High, 1366x768	23.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	17.20

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	124.00
Medium, 1366x768	104.10
High, 1366x768	83.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	43.25

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Ultra, 1920x1080

25.40

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	54.50
Medium, 1366x768	53.70
High, 1366x768	34.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	20.75

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	93.90
Medium, 1366x768	86.30
High, 1366x768	43.05
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.50

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	192.45
Medium, 1366x768	144.85
High, 1366x768	129.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	43.70

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768	156.10
Medium, 1366x768	104.40
High, 1366x768	80.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	44.40

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	310.70
Medium, 1366x768	188.40
High, 1366x768	133.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	57.95

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	117.10
Medium, 1366x768	77.60
High, 1366x768	44.35
Ultra, 1920x1080	22.00

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x768	54.20
Medium, 1366x768	49.30
High, 1366x768	32.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.45

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	187.90
Medium, 1366x768	174.40
High, 1366x768	121.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	72.55

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	127.40
Medium, 1366x768	111.40
High, 1366x768	99.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	58.55

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	115.10
Medium, 1366x768	85.30
High, 1366x768	59.25
Ultra, 1920x1080	44.60

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	244.80
Medium, 1366x768	206.50
High, 1366x768	182.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	115.80

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	59.90
High, 1366x768	59.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	59.90

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

High, 1366x768	90.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	48.80

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	106.30
Medium, 1366x768	91.90
High, 1366x768	61.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	38.10

Specifications (specs)