NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 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 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 85% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 4.2x more texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 800
- 3.3x better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1700 MHz
- 6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5725 vs 866
- Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2486
- Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2486
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 9 January 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 924 MHz vs 500 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 800 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops vs 800.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 1 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 1700 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5725 vs 866 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 vs 2486 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 vs 2486 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
- Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 472 vs 391
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 472 vs 391 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5725 | 866 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 391 | 472 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18376 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1113.788 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.157 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.101 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.909 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | 2486 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | 2486 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2283 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | GM204 | M98 |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 9 January 2009 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,560.89 | |
| Place in performance rating | 548 | 549 |
| Price now | $1,899 | |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 3.99 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 924 MHz | 500 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1280 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops | 800.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s | 20 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDMI | ||
| 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 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 10.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 120 GB / s | 54.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| Ansel | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| CUDA | ||
| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| 1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI | ||
| 1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer) | ||
| DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600 | ||
| HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio) | ||
| PCI-E 2.0 x16 | ||
| Powerplay | ||
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