AMD Radeon HD 8970M
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M is a graphics card released on January 1, 2013, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 1,280 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, 154.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 850 MHz and a 100 W board power rating. It scores 3,876 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
Depth: 35 recorded fields
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M scores 3,876 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 76.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #650), measured across 51 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 807.
Theoretical throughput
Texture fill rate (68 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 8970M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 850 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2014-04-28. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Neptune XT graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M has 1,280 shading units, 20 compute units, 80 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon HD 8970M.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M runs at a base clock of 850 MHz and boosts to 850 MHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory and delivers 154.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M has a board power rating of 100 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M was released on January 1, 2013.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 8970M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 8970M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 8970M.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 8970M have?
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory. Its memory bandwidth is 154.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 8970M use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M has a board power rating of 100 W.
How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 8970M?
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M scores 3,876 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 76.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #650.
What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 8970M use?
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
When was the AMD Radeon HD 8970M released?
The AMD Radeon HD 8970M was released on January 1, 2013.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Neptune -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
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