NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 94.1 billion / sec vs 68 GTexel / s
  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2,378 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4791 vs 3529
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 506
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6927 vs 5094
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3692
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3339
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6927 vs 5094
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3692
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3339
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 June 2013 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 94.1 billion / sec vs 68 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,378 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4791 vs 3529
PassMark - G2D Mark 527 vs 506
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6927 vs 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6927 vs 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3339

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

  • Around 11% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1152
  • Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22410 vs 14254
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 51.181 vs 37.505
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1121.002 vs 864.402
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.355 vs 3.09
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.527 vs 40.457
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 256.99 vs 84.186
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1280 vs 1152
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 22410 vs 14254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.181 vs 37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1121.002 vs 864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.355 vs 3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 81.527 vs 40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 256.99 vs 84.186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4791
3529
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
527
506
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14254
22410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.505
51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
864.402
1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.09
5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.457
81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.186
256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6927
5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6927
5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3339
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7970M
PassMark - G3D Mark 4791 3529
PassMark - G2D Mark 527 506
Geekbench - OpenCL 14254 22410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.505 51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 864.402 1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.09 5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.457 81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.186 256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6927 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6927 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1663 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Wimbledon
Launch date 25 June 2013 24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Place in performance rating 589 590
Price now $249.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 23.69

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1033 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 850 MHz
CUDA cores 1152
Floating-point performance 2,378 gflops 2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 1152 1280
Texture fill rate 94.1 billion / sec 68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Minimum recommended system power 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.3 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
PhysX
SLI
TXAA