NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 863 MHz vs 850 MHz
- Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 902 MHz vs 850 MHz
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 173.2 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
- Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
- Around 80% better floating-point performance: 4,156 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
- Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1441.971 vs 1223.742
- Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.36 vs 5.78
- 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9209 vs 2521
- Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 2595
- 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9209 vs 2521
- Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 2595
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 10 September 2013 vs 14 May 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 863 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 902 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 173.2 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2304 vs 1280 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,156 gflops vs 2,304 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz vs 4800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1441.971 vs 1223.742 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.36 vs 5.78 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9209 vs 2521 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3331 vs 2595 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9209 vs 2521 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3331 vs 2595 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 57.241 vs 30.133
- Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.306 vs 64.264
- Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.643 vs 148.747
- Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 3582
- Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 3582
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 250 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 3 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 57.241 vs 30.133 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 89.306 vs 64.264 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 268.643 vs 148.747 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3688 vs 3582 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3688 vs 3582 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 | AMD Radeon HD 8970M |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 30.133 | 57.241 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1441.971 | 1223.742 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.36 | 5.78 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.264 | 89.306 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 148.747 | 268.643 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9209 | 2521 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3582 | 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3331 | 2595 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9209 | 2521 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3582 | 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3331 | 2595 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3876 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 807 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18661 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 | AMD Radeon HD 8970M | |
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| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GK110B | Neptune |
| Launch date | 10 September 2013 | 14 May 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | |
| Place in performance rating | 544 | 546 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 902 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 863 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4,156 gflops | 2,304 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2304 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 173.2 GTexel / s | 72 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 7,080 million | 2,800 million |
| Compute units | 20 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.4 GB / s | 153.6 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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