NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and AMD PlayStation 4 GPU 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 57.6 GTexel / s
Around 44% higher pipelines: 1664 vs 1152
2.1x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 1,843 gflops

Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 24 November 2013
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 57.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 1152
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 1,843 gflops

Reasons to consider the AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 148 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
785.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 148 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	AMD PlayStation 4 GPU
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640
PassMark - G2D Mark	766
Geekbench - OpenCL	28498
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)	8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	369

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	AMD PlayStation 4 GPU
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Liverpool
Launch date	19 September 2014	24 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	371	not rated
Price now	$407.76
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	1,843 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664	1152
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	57.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million
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	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
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	IGP
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.1*
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	176.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround