Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 580 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 580 is 1435 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.
Advantages of Radeon HD 8970M
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 580 - 100 vs 185 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 580
- Performs up to 39% better in Elden Ring than Radeon HD 8970M - 57 vs 41 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 8 vs 4 GB
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Mobile • May 14th, 2013
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
42.88 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
193 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 8970M | vs | Radeon RX 580 |
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May 14th, 2013 | Release Date | Apr 18th, 2017 |
Solar System | Generation | Polaris |
Not Available | MSRP | $229 |
None | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
None | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1257 MHz |
900 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1340 MHz |
1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |