NVIDIA CMP 50HX vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 50HX and AMD Radeon HD 8970M 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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.

NVIDIA CMP 50HX

AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 50HX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 82% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 850 MHz
4119.4x more texture fill rate: 296.6 GTexel/s vs 72 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 4 GB
Around 89% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38889 vs 20588

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 Jun 2021 vs 14 May 2013
Core clock speed	1350 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s vs 72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	38889 vs 20588

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 50HX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38889

20588

Name	NVIDIA CMP 50HX	AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Geekbench - OpenCL	38889	20588
PassMark - G3D Mark		3876
PassMark - G2D Mark		807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2595
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 50HX	AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU102	Neptune
Launch date	24 Jun 2021	14 May 2013
Place in performance rating	557	556
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	850 MHz
Core clock speed	1350 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	1280
Pixel fill rate	123.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s	72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	18600 million	2,800 million
Compute units		20
Floating-point performance		2,304 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Width	116 mm, 4.6 inches
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	560.0 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
PowerTune
ZeroCore