NVIDIA Quadro K2200M vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2200M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K2200M

AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2200M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4750 vs 2521
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4750 vs 2521
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3688
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3688
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3084 vs 2595
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3084 vs 2595

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 July 2014 vs 14 May 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4750 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4750 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3084 vs 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3084 vs 2595

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 667 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 26.68 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
2.7x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 853.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3876 vs 3501
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 367
Around 94% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20899 vs 10787

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 667 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s vs 26.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops vs 853.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3876 vs 3501
PassMark - G2D Mark	807 vs 367
Geekbench - OpenCL	20899 vs 10787

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2200M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3501

3876

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

367

807

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10787

20899

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4750

2521

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4750

2521

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3084

2595

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3084

2595

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K2200M	AMD Radeon HD 8970M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3501	3876
PassMark - G2D Mark	367	807
Geekbench - OpenCL	10787	20899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4750	2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4750	2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3084	2595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3084	2595
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		268.643
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K2200M	AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Neptune
Launch date	19 July 2014	14 May 2013
Place in performance rating	555	558
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	667 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	853.8 gflops	2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	1280
Texture fill rate	26.68 GTexel / s	72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,800 million
Boost clock speed		850 MHz
Compute units		20
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
PowerTune
ZeroCore