Radeon HD 8970M vs Tesla T4

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 8970M and Tesla T4, 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 Tesla T4, 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

  Radeon HD 8970M Tesla T4
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 70 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 8970M has 42% more power consumption, than Tesla T4.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla T4 has 12 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8970M.
  • Radeon HD 8970M is used in Laptops, and Tesla T4 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 8970M is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla T4 - with Turing.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 265 MHz higher, than Tesla T4.
  • Radeon HD 8970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla T4 - by 12 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla T4 is 5200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 35−40
ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
QHD / 1440p 6−7 16−18
4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 24−27 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Tesla T4 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than Radeon HD 8970M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 8970M Tesla T4
Architecture GCN Turing
Code name Neptune TU104
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 15 May 2013 13 September 2018
Pipelines 1280 2560
Core clock speed 850 MHz 585 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz 1590 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 12 nm
Texture fill rate 72.00 254.4
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 320.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 7.5
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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