AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 650 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 2048 vs 64
18.2x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 64
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339
PassMark - G2D Mark		225
PassMark - G3D Mark		658

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	G94B
Launch date	8 January 2013	10 March 2009
Place in performance rating	727	728
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	64
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	20.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	274 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	264.0 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3