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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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 950M 
vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M 
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 8% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 850 MHz
- Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3692
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3339
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3692
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3339
| Specifications (specs) |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 24 April 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 914 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 vs 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 vs 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3339 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M
- Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
- Around 51% better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 1,439 gflops
- Around 92% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
- Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3569 vs 2577
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 496 vs 217
- Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17210 vs 9744
- Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 51.181 vs 42.396
- 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1121.002 vs 373.644
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.355 vs 2.54
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.527 vs 39.412
- Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 256.99 vs 139.158
- Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5094 vs 4148
- Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5094 vs 4148
| Specifications (specs) |
| Texture fill rate | 68 GTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,176 gflops vs 1,439 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3569 vs 2577 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 496 vs 217 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 17210 vs 9744 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 51.181 vs 42.396 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1121.002 vs 373.644 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.355 vs 2.54 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 81.527 vs 39.412 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 256.99 vs 139.158 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5094 vs 4148 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5094 vs 4148 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
| 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) | | |
| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | AMD Radeon HD 7970M |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2577 | 3569 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 217 | 496 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9744 | 17210 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 42.396 | 51.181 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 373.644 | 1121.002 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.54 | 5.355 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.412 | 81.527 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 139.158 | 256.99 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4148 | 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 | 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4148 | 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 | 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3339 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3350 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | AMD Radeon HD 7970M |
Essentials |
| Architecture | Maxwell | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM107 | Wimbledon |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 24 April 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 797 | 591 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 914 MHz | 850 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,439 gflops | 2,176 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 44.96 GTexel / s | 68 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,870 million | 2,800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 |
| HDMI |
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | medium sized | large |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
API support |
| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 or 80 GB / s | 153.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 or 2500 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 or GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
| Adaptive VSync |
| Ansel |
| BatteryBoost |
| CUDA |
| DSR |
| GameStream |
| GameWorks |
| GeForce Experience |
| GeForce ShadowPlay |
| GPU Boost |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder |
| Optimus |
| SLI |
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