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Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce RTX 3090

Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce RTX 3090: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB OC Version Gaming Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, GDDR6X Speicher, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING)

Buy for 1,879.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 86 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB OC Version Gaming Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, GDDR6X Speicher, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING)

Buy for 1,879.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 86 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3090 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 3090 is 2667 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.

Advantages of Radeon HD 8970M

  • Consumes up to 71% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - 100 vs 350 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090

  • Performs up to 179% better in Resident Evil 4 than Radeon HD 8970M - 156 vs 56 FPS
  • Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 24 vs 4 GB
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Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


FPS

56

36%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

156

100%

Value, €/FPS

€12.05/FPS

100%

Price, €

€1879.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB OC Version Gaming Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, GDDR6X Speicher, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3090-O24G-GAMING)

Buy for 1,879.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 86 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

28.8 GPixel/s

15%

Texel Fillrate

72 GTexel/s

13%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

189.8 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

556 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo

Radeon HD 8970M

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo

GeForce RTX 3090

May 14th, 2013Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
Solar SystemGenerationGeForce 30
Not AvailableMSRP$1499
NoneOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
NonePower Connectors1x 12-pin
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
24 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
256-bitBus384-bit
153.6 GB/sBandwidth
936.2 GB/s
850 MHzBase Clock Speed
1395 MHz
900 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1695 MHz
1200 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1219 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 8970M or GeForce RTX 3090

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