AMD Radeon R9 M385X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M385X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 924 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1038 MHz
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49760 vs 19001

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 7 October 2014
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 924 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	49760 vs 19001
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 896
Around 35% better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 4079
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 4079
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 378 vs 267
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5691 vs 1994

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 896
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546 vs 4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546 vs 4079
PassMark - G2D Mark	378 vs 267
PassMark - G3D Mark	5691 vs 1994

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4079

8546

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4079

8546

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

267

378

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1994

5691

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49760

19001

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3342

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4079	8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4079	8546
PassMark - G2D Mark	267	378
PassMark - G3D Mark	1994	5691
Geekbench - OpenCL	49760	19001
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		81.909
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		472

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Strato	GM204
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	7 October 2014
Place in performance rating	567	568
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,560.89
Price now		$1,899
Value for money (0-100)		3.99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	924 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	2,657 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1280
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	83.04 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		81 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
SLI options		1
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	120 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI