NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and AMD Radeon HD 8970M 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 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 9% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 850 MHz
- Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 850 MHz
- Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
- Around 15% better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
- Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 100 Watt
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5724 vs 3876
- Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 59.428 vs 57.241
- 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 2521
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2595
- 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 2521
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2595
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 14 May 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 924 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops vs 2,304 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 4 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5724 vs 3876 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 vs 57.241 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 vs 2521 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 vs 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 vs 2595 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 vs 2521 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 vs 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 vs 2595 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M
- Around 92% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 388
- Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20588 vs 19018
- Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1223.742 vs 1113.788
- Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.78 vs 4.157
- 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.306 vs 39.101
- 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.643 vs 81.909
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 807 vs 388 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 20588 vs 19018 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1223.742 vs 1113.788 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.78 vs 4.157 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 89.306 vs 39.101 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 268.643 vs 81.909 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | AMD Radeon HD 8970M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5724 | 3876 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 388 | 807 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 19018 | 20588 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 | 57.241 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1113.788 | 1223.742 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.157 | 5.78 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.101 | 89.306 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.909 | 268.643 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 | 2521 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 | 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | 2595 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 | 2521 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 | 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | 2595 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2286 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | AMD Radeon HD 8970M | |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Neptune |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 14 May 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,560.89 | |
| Place in performance rating | 558 | 556 |
| Price now | $1,899 | |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 3.99 | |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 924 MHz | 850 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1280 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops | 2,304 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s | 72 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 2,800 million |
| Compute units | 20 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
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| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 11 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 120 GB / s | 153.6 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| GameStream | ||
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| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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