AMD Radeon R9 290X Vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	342	410
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.31	0.55
Power efficiency	4.70	12.93
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	Hawaii	GM204
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	24 October 2013 (12 years ago)	7 October 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$2,560.89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

R9 290X has 684% better value for money than GTX 970M.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2816	1280
Core clock speed	no data	924 MHz
Boost clock speed	947 MHz	1038 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	unknown
Texture fill rate	176.0	83.04
Floating-point processing power	5.632 TFLOPS	2.657 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	176	80
L1 Cache	704 KB	480 KB
L2 Cache	1024 KB	1536 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	None
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	120 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
VGA аnalog display support	no data	+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	+	-
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
UVD	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data
GameStream	-	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	-	+
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
GameWorks	-	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	-	+
Optimus	-	+
BatteryBoost	-	+
Ansel	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.1	1.1
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	-	+