AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8870 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 250 Watt

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 80 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
Around 48% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,560 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 80 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 2,560 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8870 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 8870 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Pitcairn	Tahiti
Launch date	8 January 2013	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	756
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,560 gflops	3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	2048
Texture fill rate	80 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	2x 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	153.6 GB / s	264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5