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Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce RTX 3080

Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce RTX 3080: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3080

10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming Z Trio 10G LHR 10GB GDDR6X - 1830 MHz - DisplayPort x 3 (v1.4a) / HDMI x 1 (RTX 3080 Gaming Z Trio 10G LHR)

Buy for CA$2,023 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 97 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3080

10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming Z Trio 10G LHR 10GB GDDR6X - 1830 MHz - DisplayPort x 3 (v1.4a) / HDMI x 1 (RTX 3080 Gaming Z Trio 10G LHR)

Buy for CA$2,023 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 97 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3080 is 2667 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.

Advantages of Radeon HD 8970M

  • Consumes up to 69% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 100 vs 320 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3080

  • Performs up to 60% better in HITMAN 2 than Radeon HD 8970M - 184 vs 115 FPS
  • Up to 150% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 10 vs 4 GB
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HITMAN 2

HITMAN 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


FPS

115

62%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

184

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$10.99/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$2023

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming Z Trio 10G LHR 10GB GDDR6X - 1830 MHz - DisplayPort x 3 (v1.4a) / HDMI x 1 (RTX 3080 Gaming Z Trio 10G LHR)

Buy for CA$2,023 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 97 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

28.8 GPixel/s

18%

Texel Fillrate

72 GTexel/s

15%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

164.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

465.1 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo

Radeon HD 8970M

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo

GeForce RTX 3080

May 14th, 2013
Sep 1st, 2020
Solar SystemGeForce 30
Not Available$699
None1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
None1x 12-pin
Mobile
Desktop
4 GB
10 GB
GDDR5GDDR6X
256-bit320-bit
153.6 GB/s
760.3 GB/s
850 MHz
1440 MHz
900 MHz
1710 MHz
1200 MHz
1188 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 8970M or GeForce RTX 3080

With selected game settings

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