NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 970
- Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
- Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1050 MHz
- Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
- Around 30% higher pipelines: 1664 vs 1280
- Around 46% better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
- Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 180 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 4869
- Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 613
- Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.107 vs 63.87
- Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.737 vs 6.354
- Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 490.688 vs 315.412
- Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 8068
- Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 8068
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 19 September 2014 vs 8 October 2013 |
| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz vs 1050 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 109 billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1664 vs 1280 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,920 gflops vs 2,688 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 148 Watt vs 180 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9640 vs 4869 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 766 vs 613 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 105.107 vs 63.87 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.737 vs 6.354 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 490.688 vs 315.412 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11499 vs 8068 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11499 vs 8068 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X
- Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 1225.96
- 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.21 vs 35.714
- 4.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1772 vs 369
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1314.72 vs 1225.96 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 85.21 vs 35.714 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3706 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3706 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 3340 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1772 vs 369 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon R9 270X |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9640 | 4869 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 766 | 613 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 28498 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 105.107 | 63.87 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1225.96 | 1314.72 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.737 | 6.354 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.714 | 85.21 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 490.688 | 315.412 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11499 | 8068 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3698 | 3706 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11499 | 8068 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3698 | 3706 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 369 | 1772 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon R9 270X | |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Curacao |
| Launch date | 19 September 2014 | 8 October 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $199 |
| Place in performance rating | 371 | 440 |
| Price now | $407.76 | $399 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 28.59 | 16.05 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1664 | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,920 gflops | 2,688 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 98 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1664 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 109 billion / sec | 84 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 148 Watt | 180 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 2,800 million |
| Stream Processors | 1280 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| HDCP | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
| SLI options | 4x | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pins | 2 x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB / s | 179.2 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
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| GameStream | ||
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| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| Surround | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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| LiquidVR | ||
| TressFX | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
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