AMD
Radeon HD 8970M
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44/ 100
Overall rating
Price $679.00Base price in USD; converted for your region when currency data is available.Overall rating
44
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Graphics APIs, SDKs and upscaling
DirectX11.1
Vulkan1.2
OpenGL4.6
UpscalingNot supported
Compute APIOpenCL 1.2
Architecture and release
ArchitectureGCN / TeraScale
Process node28 nm
Release date2013
Device classMobile
GPU cores, die and clocks
Transistor count2800 million
Die size212 mm²
Shader units / cores1280
Base clock850 MHz
Boost clock900 MHz
Board size, power and compatibility
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
LengthOEM dependent
ThicknessMXM Module
Recommended PSUOEM dependent
Power connectorIntegrated laptop power
Display outputs and limits
HDMIOEM dependent
DisplayPortOEM dependent
USB Type-COEM dependent
Max monitorsOEM dependent
Max resolutionDepends on host system
Memory and compute throughput
VRAM4 GB GDDR5
Memory typeGDDR5 / DDR3
Memory bus256 bit
TFLOPS2.304
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