AMD Radeon 630 vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 630 and AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 630

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 630

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 925 MHz
329.2x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3583
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3583
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3339
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3339

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 8 January 2013
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720 vs 3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720 vs 3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3339

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)

Pipelines	2048 vs 512
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 630
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3583

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3339

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3339

Name	AMD Radeon 630	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3467
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3467
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	3339
Geekbench - OpenCL	9651
PassMark - G2D Mark	222
PassMark - G3D Mark	1294

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 630	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 23	Tahiti
Launch date	13 May 2019	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	755	757
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	77.95 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1247 GFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	2048
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,789 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5