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AMD logo Radeon HD 8970M
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General information Radeon HD 8970M Radeon R9 M290X
Launched Q2 2014 Q3 2015
Used in Mobile Mobile
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 4096 MB 0 %
Core Clock 850 MHz 0 % 850 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11.1 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 100 W 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 8970M Radeon R9 M290X
Overall Score 31645 0 % 24041 24 %
Future Proof 33 % 19.5 % 41 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 10014 0 % 5779 42.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 801.4 0 % 691.2 13.7 %
Average DirectX performance 28.9 FPS 5.5 % 30.5 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 42.1 FPS 38.4 % 68.3 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 23.3 FPS 0 % 15.9 FPS 32 %
DirectX 11 performance 35.5 FPS 0 % 21.9 FPS 38.3 %
DirectX 12 performance 14.6 FPS 9.6 % 16.1 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 2444 operations/s 0 % 1408.2 operations/s 42.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 8970M, Radeon R9 M290X.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 8970M Radeon R9 M290X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.6 FPS 45.0 FPS
High settings 116.3 FPS 81.0 FPS
Medium settings 139.6 FPS 97.2 FPS
Low settings 195.4 FPS 136.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 8970M, Radeon R9 M290X.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 8970M Radeon R9 M290X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 52.0 FPS 39.0 FPS
High settings 93.6 FPS 70.2 FPS
Medium settings 112.3 FPS 84.2 FPS
Low settings 157.3 FPS 117.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 25 %
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