AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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.

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1178 MHz
1145x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 148 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
1714.3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36530 vs 27020
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.82 vs 105.107
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1860.146 vs 1225.96
Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 8.76
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.947 vs 35.714
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 596.819 vs 489.884

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Nov 2019 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 148 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	36530 vs 27020
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82 vs 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146 vs 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238 vs 8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947 vs 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819 vs 489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 8% higher pipelines: 1664 vs 1536
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9646 vs 6834
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 675
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 9175
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3670
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 9175
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3670
Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3622 vs 3426

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines	1664 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9646 vs 6834
PassMark - G2D Mark	773 vs 675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 3670
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3622 vs 3426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6834

9646

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

773

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36530

27020

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

105.82

105.107

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860.146

1225.96

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11.238

8.76

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.947

35.714

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

596.819

489.884

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3340

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3426

3622

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark	6834	9646
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	773
Geekbench - OpenCL	36530	27020
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82	105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146	1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238	8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947	35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819	489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9175	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3670	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9175	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3670	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3426	3622

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Navi 14	GM204
Launch date	13 Nov 2019	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	365	357
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1178 MHz
Compute units	24
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	249.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.994 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1536	1664
Pixel fill rate	41.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	148 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pins
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround