NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 625 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
70.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9646 vs 137
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9646 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	773 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 148 Watt
207.1x more memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9646

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

773

507

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	9646	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	773	507
Geekbench - OpenCL	26971
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 Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R500
Code name	GM204	R580
Launch date	19 September 2014	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	357	293
Price now	$407.76
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	384 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)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1450 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