Product Compare
AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
| GPU | GPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | ||
| Release Date | Jan 2013 | Apr 2017 |
| Generation | Sea Islands | Radeon Pro GCN |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Clock Speeds | ||
| Memory Clock | 1375 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Size | 3GB | 16GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 384bit | 256bit |
| Bandwidth | 264.0GB/s | 224.0GB/s |
| Render Config | ||
| Compute Units | 32 | 36 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2304 |
| TMUs | 128 | 144 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per CU) |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 2 MB |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| Pixel Rate | 29.60 GPixel/s | 39.78 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 118.4 GTexel/s | 179.0 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) | 3.789 TFLOPS | 5.728 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) | 947.2 GFLOPS | 358.0 GFLOPS |
| FP16 (half) | 5.728 TFLOPS | |
| Graphics Processor | ||
| GPU Name | Tahiti | Ellesmere |
| GPU Variant | Tahiti XT(215-0821060) | Ellesmere Gemini GL |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistors | 4.313 billion | 5.7 billion |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Board Design | ||
| TDP | 250W | 250W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 600 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 | 1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Graphics Features | ||
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.7 |