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    HD Graphics 5300 vs Radeon HD 8970M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon HD 8970M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon HD 8970M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon HD 8970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon HD 8970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with HD Graphics 5300 or Radeon HD 8970M here:

    HD Graphics 5300 Laptops
    Radeon HD 8970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      HD Graphics 5300 Radeon HD 8970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type System Shared GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 8970M has 566% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 5300.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x1, and Radeon HD 8970M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is build with Gen. 8 Broadwell architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 750 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 5300.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8970M - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 20−22
    ultra / 1080p − 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 6−7
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 0−1 35−40
    medium / 1080p 0−1 24−27

    Full Specs

      HD Graphics 5300 Radeon HD 8970M
    Architecture Gen. 8 Broadwell GCN
    Code name Broadwell GT2 Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 5 September 2014 15 May 2013
    Pipelines 24 1280
    Core clock speed 100 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 1,300 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 21.60 72.00
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.80 1.2.131
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Quick Sync +
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