AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 475 MHz
  • 62.3x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
  • 170.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 12
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
  • 6.9x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Launch date 8 January 2013 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Name AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
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
PassMark - G3D Mark 105
PassMark - G2D Mark 228

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 R500
Code name Tahiti M66
Launch date 8 January 2013 1 February 2006
Place in performance rating 756 758
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 925 MHz 475 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 2048 12
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s 1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 157 million
Boost clock speed 475 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 274 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 264.0 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 400 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 128
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Powerplay 6.0