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    Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon R7 M380

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M380, 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 M380, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M380 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M380 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 M380 here:

    Radeon HD 8970M Laptops
    Radeon R7 M380 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 8970M Radeon R7 M380
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
    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.
    • Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M380 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M380 are build with GCN architecture.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M380 is 65 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M.
    • Radeon HD 8970M and Radeon R7 M380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 3800 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M380.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 35−40 16−18
    medium / 1080p 24−27 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than Radeon R7 M380.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 8970M Radeon R7 M380
    Architecture GCN GCN
    Code name Neptune Tropo
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 15 May 2013 7 May 2015
    Pipelines 1280 640
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 915 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 915 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 72.00 36.60
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops 1,171 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 32 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 10
    AppAcceleration +
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