AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7970

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
11.8x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2048 vs 32
47.4x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
Around 72% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	22 December 2011 vs 13 March 2008
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 32
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

10.3x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Geekbench - OpenCL	34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2276
PassMark - G3D Mark		270
PassMark - G2D Mark		328

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	G84
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 December 2011	13 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	483	485
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	32
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	289 million
Core clock speed		1250 MHz
CUDA cores		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2?, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync