Intel Xe DG1-SDV vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

What is the difference between Intel Xe DG1-SDV and AMD Radeon HD 8970M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

DG1GPU NameNeptune
Generation 12.1ArchitectureGCN 1.0
IntelFoundryTSMC
10 nmProcess Size28 nm
unknownTransistors2,800 million
95 mm²Die Size212 mm²

Graphics Card

Never ReleasedRelease DateMay 14th, 2013
Xe GraphicsFamilySolar System
(HD 8900M)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

3 GBMemory Size4 GB
LPDDR4XMemory TypeGDDR5
96 bitMemory Bus256 bit
51.19 GB/sBandwidth153.6 GB/s

Performance

36.00 GPixel/sPixel fillrate28.80 GPixel/s
72.00 GTexel/sTexture fillrate72.00 GTexel/s
2.304 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.304 TFLOPS
576.0 GFLOPS (1:4)FP64 (double) performance144.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

900 MHzBase Clock850 MHz
1500 MHzBoost Clock900 MHz
2133 MHz
4.3 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1200 MHz
4.8 Gbps effective

Render Config

768Shading Units1280
48TMUs80
24ROPs32
1024 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthMXM Module
75 WThermal design power (TDP)100 W
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL1.2
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model5.1