AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM

  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

  • Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
  • Around 60% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Name AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Curacao Tahiti
Launch date 8 January 2013 8 January 2013
Place in performance rating not rated 757
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 925 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,368 gflops 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 2048
Texture fill rate 74 GTexel / s 118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 274 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

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