P104 100 vs Radeon HD 8970M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between P104 100 and Radeon HD 8970M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the P104 100 stacks up against Radeon HD 8970M, check out specs charts below.

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

  P104 100 Radeon HD 8970M
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • P104 100 and Radeon HD 8970M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • P104 100 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8970M - in Laptops.
  • P104 100 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of P104 100 is 757 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M.
  • P104 100 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8970M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of P104 100 is 5208 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 20−22
ultra / 1080p 21−24 12−14
QHD / 1440p 16−18 6−7
4K / 2160p 10−11 5−6
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 24−27
The average gaming FPS of P104 100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than Radeon HD 8970M.

Full Specs

  P104 100 Radeon HD 8970M
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP104 Neptune
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 12 December 2017 15 May 2013
Pipelines 1920 1280
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1733 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 208.0 72.00
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops 2,304 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320.3 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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