NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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
• Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 900 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
• 2.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
• Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5699 vs 3282
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 59.428 vs 51.022
• Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1113.788 vs 936.497
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 6666
• Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2581
• Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2526
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 6666
• Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2581
• Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2526

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

• Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 380
• Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 23558 vs 19029
• Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.62 vs 4.157
• Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 77.584 vs 39.101
• 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 267.307 vs 81.909

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M290X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	5699 3282
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	380 426
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	19029 23558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	59.428 51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1113.788 936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.157 5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	39.101 77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	81.909 267.307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8546 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3342 2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8546 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3342 2526

Compare specifications (specs)