AMD Radeon HD 8970M vs ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970M and ATI Radeon X1300 PRO 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8970M

ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
30x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
46.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3876 vs 84
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 313

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2013 vs 1 November 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3876 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark	807 vs 313

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3876

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

807

313

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8970M	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	3876	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	807	313
Geekbench - OpenCL	20899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2595
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8970M	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Neptune	RV516
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	14 May 2013	1 November 2006
Place in performance rating	553	550
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	850 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
PowerTune
ZeroCore