Key Differences
In short — Radeon VII 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 VII is 2095 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- Consumes up to 66% less energy than AMD Radeon VII - 100 vs 295 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon VII
- Performs up to 108% better in Apex Legends than Radeon HD 8970M - 158 vs 76 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 16 vs 4 GB
Apex Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon HD 8970M
Mobile • May 14th, 2013
Radeon VII
Desktop • Feb 7th, 2019
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 8970M
Mobile • May 14th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
25.71428571428572%
Texel Fillrate
72 GTexel/s
17.142857142857142%
AMD Radeon HD 8970M | vs | AMD Radeon VII |
|---|---|---|
| May 14th, 2013 | Release Date | Feb 7th, 2019 |
| Solar System | Generation | Vega II |
| Not Available | MSRP | $699 |
| None | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | HBM2 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 4096-bit |
| 153.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 1024 GB/s |
| 850 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1400 MHz |
| 900 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
1200 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |
