Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 7900 GRE outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 7900 GRE is 3726 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.
Advantages of Radeon HD 8970M
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE - 100 vs 260 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 7900 GRE
- Performs up to 283% better in Watch Dogs: Legion than Radeon HD 8970M - 134 vs 35 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 16 vs 4 GB
Watch Dogs: Legion
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 8970M
Mobile • May 14th, 2013
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2023
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2023
Pixel Fillrate
431 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
718.4 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 8970M | vs | Radeon RX 7900 GRE |
|---|---|---|
| May 14th, 2013 | Release Date | Jul 27th, 2023 |
| Solar System | Generation | Navi III |
| Not Available | MSRP | Not Available |
| None | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| None | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 576 GB/s |
| 850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |
| 900 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2245 MHz |
| 1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
