NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and ATI FireGL V8600 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 V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 688 MHz
9.9x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
5.2x more pipelines: 1664 vs 320
8.9x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 159 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
11.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9636 vs 839
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt vs 159 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9636 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

248x more memory clock speed: 1736 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Memory clock speed	1736 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9636

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

768

406

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	9636	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	768	406
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	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R600
Launch date	19 September 2014	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$1,899
Place in performance rating	362	365
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	688 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664	320
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	159 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	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 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 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround