NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and ATI Radeon X700 PRO 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 425 MHz
24.4x more texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 128 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 860 MHz
74.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5691 vs 76
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 378 vs 302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2014 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 860 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5691 vs 76
PassMark - G2D Mark	378 vs 302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 81 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 81 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5691

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

378

302

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	5691	76
PassMark - G2D Mark	378	302
Geekbench - OpenCL	19001
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	472

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R400
Code name	GM204	RV410
Launch date	7 October 2014	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	$179
Place in performance rating	568	571
Price now	$1,899
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s	3.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0b
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	120 GB / s	13.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	860 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
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