GeForce 920A vs Radeon HD 8970M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 920A 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 GeForce 920A 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.

Radeon HD 8970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8970M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon HD 8970M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 920A Radeon HD 8970M
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 8970M has 203% more power consumption, than GeForce 920A.
  • GeForce 920A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 8970M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 8970M has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 920A.
  • GeForce 920A is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8970M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 920A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 920A is 104 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M.
  • GeForce 920A and Radeon HD 8970M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 2798 MHz higher, than GeForce 920A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 20−22
ultra / 1080p 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 6−7
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 1−2 35−40
medium / 1080p 0−1 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3600% more, than GeForce 920A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 920A Radeon HD 8970M
Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN
Code name GK208B Neptune
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 15 May 2013
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 954 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53 72.00
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 2,304 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.5
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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