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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 480 outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 480 is 1142 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- Consumes up to 33% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 100 vs 150 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480
- Performs up to 18% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Radeon HD 8970M - 91 vs 77 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 8 vs 4 GB
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
FPS
91
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.04/FPS
100%
Price, $
$186
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 8970M
Mobile • May 14th, 2013
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
40.51 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
182.3 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 8970M | vs | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
| May 14th, 2013 | Release Date | Jun 29th, 2016 |
| Solar System | Generation | Arctic Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $229 |
| None | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-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 | 1120 MHz |
| 900 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1266 MHz |
| 1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
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