AMD Radeon HD 8970M

The AMD Radeon HD 8970M is a AMD graphics card released in 2013 in the Radeon HD 8970M generation. It carries 2 GB of video memory. Rated power draw is 100 W.

Released2013
Memory2 GB
Clock850 MHz
Power100 W
Atlas performance index39 model estimate

Ranks #352 of 1030 rated GPUs · top 34%. Fastest GPU we rate: 800.

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BrandAMD
FamilyRadeon HD 8970M
Released2013
Video memory2 GB
Base clock850 MHz
Boost clock–
Power (TDP)100 W
Process–
Launch price–
Atlas performance index39 model estimate

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