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    Iris Graphics 5100 vs Radeon HD 8970M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Iris Graphics 5100 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 Iris Graphics 5100 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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    Iris Graphics 5100 and Radeon HD 8970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Iris Graphics 5100 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 Iris Graphics 5100 or Radeon HD 8970M here:

    Iris Graphics 5100 Laptops
    Radeon HD 8970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Iris Graphics 5100 Radeon HD 8970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 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 233% more power consumption, than Iris Graphics 5100.
    • Iris Graphics 5100 is connected by PCIe 1.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8970M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Iris Graphics 5100 is build with Gen. 7.5 Haswell architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 650 MHz higher, than Iris Graphics 5100.
    • Iris Graphics 5100 is manufactured by 22 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8970M - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 20−22
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 6−7
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 14−16 35−40
    medium / 1080p 5−6 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than Iris Graphics 5100.

    Full Specs

      Iris Graphics 5100 Radeon HD 8970M
    Architecture Gen. 7.5 Haswell GCN
    Code name Haswell GT3 Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 5 June 2013 15 May 2013
    Pipelines 40 1280
    Core clock speed 200 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1200 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 1,300 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 48.00 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 4.3 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.80 1.2.131
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Quick Sync +
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