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: 5725 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

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 391
• Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18661 vs 18376
• 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

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	5725 3876
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	391 807
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	18376 18661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	59.428 57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1113.788 1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.157 5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	39.101 89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	81.909 268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8546 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3342 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8546 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3342 2595

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