NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs ATI FireGL V7600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and ATI FireGL V7600 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

ATI FireGL V7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 600 MHz
15.1x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
6.9x more pipelines: 1664 vs 240
13.6x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
15.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9646 vs 616
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 240
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9646 vs 616
PassMark - G2D Mark	773 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7600

Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 148 Watt
228.6x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9646

616

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

773

488

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	ATI FireGL V7600
PassMark - G3D Mark	9646	616
PassMark - G2D Mark	773	488
Geekbench - OpenCL	27020
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	3622

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	ATI FireGL V7600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R600
Launch date	19 September 2014	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$999
Place in performance rating	357	295
Price now	$407.76
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664	240
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	720 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	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	254 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround