NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs AMD FirePro D700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and AMD FirePro D700 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 970M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 274 Watt
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 6051
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 6051
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 October 2014 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed 924 MHz vs 850 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 81 Watt vs 274 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8546 vs 6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8546 vs 6051

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D700

  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 83.04 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
  • Around 31% better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 2,657 gflops
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 5480 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25127 vs 19001
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 74.325 vs 59.428
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1338.806 vs 1113.788
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.419 vs 4.157
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 91.354 vs 39.101
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3699
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3699
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s vs 83.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops vs 2,657 gflops
Memory clock speed 5480 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 25127 vs 19001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 74.325 vs 59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1338.806 vs 1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.419 vs 4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 91.354 vs 39.101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D700

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19001
25127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.428
74.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1113.788
1338.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.157
6.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.101
91.354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8546
6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3699
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8546
6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3699
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
3348
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M AMD FirePro D700
PassMark - G3D Mark 5691
PassMark - G2D Mark 378
Geekbench - OpenCL 19001 25127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 59.428 74.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1113.788 1338.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.157 6.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.101 91.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8546 6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8546 6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 472

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M AMD FirePro D700

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM204 Tahiti
Launch date 7 October 2014 18 January 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $2,560.89
Place in performance rating 568 569
Price now $1,899
Type Laptop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 3.99

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 924 MHz 850 MHz
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops 3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 2048
Texture fill rate 83.04 GTexel / s 108.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 81 Watt 274 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None
Length 279 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 120 GB / s 263.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 5480 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI