NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs AMD Radeon HD 7730

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and AMD Radeon HD 7730 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 Radeon HD 7730

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 800 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
4.3x more pipelines: 1664 vs 384
6.4x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9636 vs 1193
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 394

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 1 May 2013
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9636 vs 1193
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 394

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 148 Watt
642.9x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7730

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9636

1193

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

768

394

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	AMD Radeon HD 7730
PassMark - G3D Mark	9636	1193
PassMark - G2D Mark	768	394
Geekbench - OpenCL	28478
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)	8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	489.884
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	3626

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	AMD Radeon HD 7730
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Cape Verde
Launch date	19 September 2014	1 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$59
Place in performance rating	362	364
Price now	$407.76	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	28.59	37.12
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664	384
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,500 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	4500 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