NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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: 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 960A

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
• Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5157 vs 2521
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 3688
• 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 2595
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5157 vs 2521
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 3688
• 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 2595

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

• Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
• 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
• Around 66% better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3876 vs 3355
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 326
• Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20588 vs 12495
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 57.241 vs 49.772
• Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1223.742 vs 757.295
• Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.78 vs 3.67
• Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.306 vs 49.875
• Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.643 vs 179.567

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3355 3876
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	326 807
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	12495 20588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.772 57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	757.295 1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.67 5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.875 89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	179.567 268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5157 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5834 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7859 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5157 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5834 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7859 2595

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