NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs AMD Radeon HD 8570M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and AMD Radeon HD 8570M 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 8570M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 81% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 650 MHz
6.6x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 16.5 GTexel / s
4.3x more pipelines: 1664 vs 384
7.4x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
21.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 450
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 164
5.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28498 vs 5101
11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 1011
Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 2059
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2214
11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 1011
Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 2059
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2214

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 1 March 2013
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 750 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640 vs 450
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 164
Geekbench - OpenCL	28498 vs 5101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 1011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 2059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 2214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 1011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 2059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 2214

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8570M

285.7x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8570M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9640

450

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

164

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28498

5101

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11499

1011

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

2059

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

2214

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11499

1011

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

2059

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

2214

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	AMD Radeon HD 8570M
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640	450
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	164
Geekbench - OpenCL	28498	5101
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	1011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698	2059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	2214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499	1011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698	2059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	2214
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	369	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	AMD Radeon HD 8570M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Sun
Launch date	19 September 2014	1 March 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	371	1324
Price now	$407.76
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	28.59
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	650 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	750 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664	384
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	16.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,040 million
Compute units		5
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	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround