AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1448 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 109 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38169 vs 28516
11.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 362

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed	1448 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s vs 109 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	38169 vs 28516
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 362

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9635 vs 3166
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 336
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 11058
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3617
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 11058
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3617

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9635 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 11058
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 11058
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 3617

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

9635

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

766

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38169

28516

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3340

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

362

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	9635
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	766
Geekbench - OpenCL	38169	28516
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		489.884

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	Maxwell 2.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	377	378
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		GM204
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1178 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1448 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s	109 billion / sec
Transistor count	6400 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Pipelines		1664
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		148 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	2x 6-pins
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		7.0 GB/s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.4