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    Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon R7 M465

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M465, 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 Radeon HD 8970M stacks up against Radeon R7 M465, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M465 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M465 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 Radeon HD 8970M or Radeon R7 M465 here:

    Radeon HD 8970M Laptops
    Radeon R7 M465 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 8970M Radeon R7 M465
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 8970M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M465 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon HD 8970M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 M465.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M465 are build with GCN architecture.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 25 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M465.
    • Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M465 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 800 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M465.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 3−4
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 35−40 14−16
    medium / 1080p 24−27 6−7
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than Radeon R7 M465.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 8970M Radeon R7 M465
    Architecture GCN GCN
    Code name Neptune Litho XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 15 May 2013 1 January 2017
    Pipelines 1280 384
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 825 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 960 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million 1,550 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 72.00 27.00
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops 864.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 4000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 14.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.3
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
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