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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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 970M 
vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M 
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 9% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 850 MHz
- Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s
- Around 22% better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
- Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 100 Watt
- 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5691 vs 3569
- Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19001 vs 17210
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 59.428 vs 51.181
- Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 5094
- Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 5094
| Specifications (specs) |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 24 April 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 924 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops vs 2,176 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5691 vs 3569 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 19001 vs 17210 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 vs 51.181 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 vs 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 vs 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 vs 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 vs 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 vs 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 vs 3339 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M
- Around 92% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 496 vs 378
- Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1121.002 vs 1113.788
- Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.355 vs 4.157
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.527 vs 39.101
- 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 256.99 vs 81.909
| Specifications (specs) |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 496 vs 378 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1121.002 vs 1113.788 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.355 vs 4.157 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 81.527 vs 39.101 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 256.99 vs 81.909 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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 970M | AMD Radeon HD 7970M |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5691 | 3569 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 378 | 496 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 19001 | 17210 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 | 51.181 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1113.788 | 1121.002 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.157 | 5.355 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.101 | 81.527 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.909 | 256.99 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 | 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 | 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 | 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 | 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | 3339 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 472 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | AMD Radeon HD 7970M |
Essentials |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Wimbledon |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 24 April 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,560.89 |
| Place in performance rating | 568 | 591 |
| Price now | $1,899 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 3.99 |
Technical info |
| Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 924 MHz | 850 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1280 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops | 2,176 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s | 68 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 2,800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| 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) | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| SLI options | 1 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 120 GB / s | 153.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
| 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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